Today's muse, perhaps it is our incredibly large "species ego", but we humans seem to place such a high value on knowledge and consciousness, while at the same time, denying the extent to which we are controlled by our unconscious, or to put in another way, controlled by forces far larger than we are, both as individuals and as a species.
If there is anything that appears to drive this species, other than war, it is this quest for knowledge. Perhaps our "denial" is simply a tool to keep us from being overwhelmed. I was struck this morning by today's photo on APOD, we as a species seem driven by this quest, and defined by it, as though it might even be an evolutionary aberration.
In choosing which or our primary traits to appreciate, I choose to marvel at our species pursuit of knowledge, and how unique this trait appears to be, at least in our world. And as the power of this trait unfolds, to marvel, with knowledge and consciousness, at the grandness, symmetry, and its own way, the perfection, of the universe we find ourselves to be so much a part of.
Is not evolution defined by successful aberrations?
If there is anything that appears to drive this species, other than war, it is this quest for knowledge. Perhaps our "denial" is simply a tool to keep us from being overwhelmed. I was struck this morning by today's photo on APOD, we as a species seem driven by this quest, and defined by it, as though it might even be an evolutionary aberration.
A man on a lonely dirt road stands in awe
of the summer Milky Way in this composite photo.
of the summer Milky Way in this composite photo.
Photo Researchers Picture Number: BN1636. Credit: Larry Landolfi / Photo Researchers, Inc License: Rights Managed
In choosing which or our primary traits to appreciate, I choose to marvel at our species pursuit of knowledge, and how unique this trait appears to be, at least in our world. And as the power of this trait unfolds, to marvel, with knowledge and consciousness, at the grandness, symmetry, and its own way, the perfection, of the universe we find ourselves to be so much a part of.
Is not evolution defined by successful aberrations?
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