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.
Natural Philosophy for the 21st century: videos.
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.
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 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
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 that in these videos I provide you with an opportunity to enjoy it, too.
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