Jason Jorjani

He made a big impact on public intellectual culture. Anyway, Bergson, in his book, Creative Evolution, and also in his book, Matter and Memory, he discusses the evolutionary bifurcation of intellect and instinct. And he shows how various species that operate entirely on instinct...

He made a big impact on public intellectual culture. Anyway, Bergson, in his book, Creative Evolution, and also in his book, Matter and Memory, he discusses the evolutionary bifurcation of intellect and instinct. And he shows how various species that operate entirely on instinct...

He made a big impact on public intellectual culture. Anyway, Bergson, in his book, Creative Evolution, and also in his book, Matter and Memory, he discusses the evolutionary bifurcation of intellect and instinct. And he shows how various species that operate entirely on instinct...

Because of their morphological structure, because of the way their bodies are constructed, like certain insects, they don't have the potential to develop technology because their bodies are too well-suited to grappling with their environment. It's like they're born ready to handle the world. Humans are born crippled. Right. And therefore, we need technology. Right.

Because of their morphological structure, because of the way their bodies are constructed, like certain insects, they don't have the potential to develop technology because their bodies are too well-suited to grappling with their environment. It's like they're born ready to handle the world. Humans are born crippled. Right. And therefore, we need technology. Right.

Because of their morphological structure, because of the way their bodies are constructed, like certain insects, they don't have the potential to develop technology because their bodies are too well-suited to grappling with their environment. It's like they're born ready to handle the world. Humans are born crippled. Right. And therefore, we need technology. Right.

And so we, as we develop technology, and as we develop the model building intellectually that allows us to engineer technology, in other words, as we develop a scientific analytical mindset, our instinct atrophies. So there's this evolutionary bifurcation between instinct, I'm sorry, intuition, sorry, no, instinct and intellect. And what Bergson says is that what we call intuition...

And so we, as we develop technology, and as we develop the model building intellectually that allows us to engineer technology, in other words, as we develop a scientific analytical mindset, our instinct atrophies. So there's this evolutionary bifurcation between instinct, I'm sorry, intuition, sorry, no, instinct and intellect. And what Bergson says is that what we call intuition...

And so we, as we develop technology, and as we develop the model building intellectually that allows us to engineer technology, in other words, as we develop a scientific analytical mindset, our instinct atrophies. So there's this evolutionary bifurcation between instinct, I'm sorry, intuition, sorry, no, instinct and intellect. And what Bergson says is that what we call intuition...

is the resurgence of instinct in the context of a life form with a dominant analytical intellect. So our intuition is us getting back in touch with the instinct that these other animals operated according to.

is the resurgence of instinct in the context of a life form with a dominant analytical intellect. So our intuition is us getting back in touch with the instinct that these other animals operated according to.

is the resurgence of instinct in the context of a life form with a dominant analytical intellect. So our intuition is us getting back in touch with the instinct that these other animals operated according to.

Yeah, for sure. And that goes to the heart of the myth of Prometheus that's been central to all of my work. Because, you know, one of the elements of the myth of Prometheus that a lot of people neglect because they don't really, you know, look into it. They just think about, oh, Prometheus stole fire from the gods. to give men the power of ingenuity.

Yeah, for sure. And that goes to the heart of the myth of Prometheus that's been central to all of my work. Because, you know, one of the elements of the myth of Prometheus that a lot of people neglect because they don't really, you know, look into it. They just think about, oh, Prometheus stole fire from the gods. to give men the power of ingenuity.

Yeah, for sure. And that goes to the heart of the myth of Prometheus that's been central to all of my work. Because, you know, one of the elements of the myth of Prometheus that a lot of people neglect because they don't really, you know, look into it. They just think about, oh, Prometheus stole fire from the gods. to give men the power of ingenuity.

Prometheus brought this fire to be a forge for all kinds of technical innovation and invention. But part of the myth of Prometheus is that So Zeus lets Prometheus design humans. Humans are creations of Prometheus, not of Zeus in Greek mythology. Except Prometheus, whose name means forethought, has this forgetful brother, Epimetheus. His name means afterthought.

Prometheus brought this fire to be a forge for all kinds of technical innovation and invention. But part of the myth of Prometheus is that So Zeus lets Prometheus design humans. Humans are creations of Prometheus, not of Zeus in Greek mythology. Except Prometheus, whose name means forethought, has this forgetful brother, Epimetheus. His name means afterthought.

Prometheus brought this fire to be a forge for all kinds of technical innovation and invention. But part of the myth of Prometheus is that So Zeus lets Prometheus design humans. Humans are creations of Prometheus, not of Zeus in Greek mythology. Except Prometheus, whose name means forethought, has this forgetful brother, Epimetheus. His name means afterthought.

And Epimetheus kind of begs Prometheus to be involved in the project of the creation of man. And Prometheus subcontracts part of the design of humans to Epimetheus. Epimetheus forgets to endow humans with an essence particular to our species.

And Epimetheus kind of begs Prometheus to be involved in the project of the creation of man. And Prometheus subcontracts part of the design of humans to Epimetheus. Epimetheus forgets to endow humans with an essence particular to our species.