Natural Philosophy for
the 21st Century
Youtube series of 7 videos
and “Scripts” (below).
By Shaun Johnston, shaunj@evolvedself.com
1. Concepts we inherit.
youtu.be/254-PtQ7pAY Script
2. New realities? Mind? Consciousness?
youtu.be/qrqeBCcCEKE Script
3. Locating concepts we're missing.
youtu.be/BssaazsIpeg Script
4. Evolution of mind.
youtu.be/ZXtL0y64vYs Script
5. How to feel we understand everything.
youtu.be/KcOSjBIOg0Q Script
6. Genomic Wisdom Fuels Evolving Consciousness.
youtu.be/D-snIM-c6Ws Script
7. Summary: a New Mind-based Wisdom.
youtu.be/fHpxXMgFA7w Script
Sci-fi story: "Children of the Genome."
youtu.be/0OX_JpDl9dw Script
Author auto-bio: "How I've become conscious."
youtu.be/x3-EqkYwJ_U Script
SYNOPSIS
Quest: to identify important concepts
we may be missing, that would help us
better understand ourselves and our
place in the universe. Embracing the
tools of “natural philosophy”--deduction
from observation and reason--to assess
our existing stock of concepts led me to
identify the genome as the venue of the
missing concepts.
Genomes: intelligent, creative, even
conscious, mind-like agents. By
embedding into us some of their own
mind-like talents they make us conscious
and creative too. New mechanism of
evolution: they can think new species of
living creatures into existence.
Benefit: pursuing these concepts might
help us access the vast wisdom of
genomes, help us navigate life’s
challenges, explore alternatives to
consumerism, and contribute our share
to the advance of consciousness.
Though genomes can’t serve us as a god,
they could account for what, in past
times, we invented gods to explain.
Ideas: I took this as an opportunity to
play with ideas. I like to think I provide
you, in these videos, with an opportunity
to enjoy it, too.
Pdf file with counters used in episode 1, ready to print. This
pdf file contains counters, and charts summarising concepts
we’ve inherited from the ancient and modern worlds.