Chapter 42 The Evolution of Human Civilization (1) Instinct and Consciousness

The story of humanity is only now beginning, and it was mentioned earlier that humans have adopted different evolutionary strategies from other life forms that exist on Earth, which is why humans are at the top of the "food chain".

This is not accidental, this is given by the "gods" (stars), why should the "stars" make the creatures of the earth sacrifice themselves to accomplish the evolution of mankind?

Before answering this question, it is necessary to understand the circumstances in which an individual's life is reproduced, survived, and reproduced.

Individual life still starts with DNA, the mission of DNA is to "copy", in order to survive they have to develop a body structure that can absorb other substances, and this body structure such as a caterpillar, in addition to developing oral and other organs that suck the sap of trees, also has the "will to live", that is, to have the psychological drive to suck in order to survive, and this psychological drive is actually hidden in his DNA.

It is designed that when he sucks the sap of the tree, "his body", for example, secretes certain hormones from his brain that make him feel satisfied and happy.

A more complex individual life, such as a cat, is an animal, and its body structure allows it to capture small animals and survive, but it can also avoid substances that are harmful to its body, such as its sense of smell, when it smells some grass or trees, it will feel that the smell is very "smelly", so it avoids those plants.

The reason why it feels "smelly" is because of its body structure, for example, the brain secretes a certain hormone, which can be said to be a pheromone, and the secretion of these hormones is formed by its innate body structure, which is determined by DNA.

Therefore, it can be said that the life code of precise DNA determines not only our life form, but also our drive for survival.

In fact, everyone understands this truth, so I won't go into details. And the proposition we are most concerned with is "whether the flesh determines our minds, or whether our minds determine our flesh."

The evolution of animals follows instinct, that is, the body determines the mind, that is, the survival drive determines the consciousness of the animal.

Of course, it cannot be generalized, life depends on two different drives, namely "instinct" and "consciousness", in fact, the real name of "instinct" is "big subconscious", that is, the "subconscious" of individual living beings is hidden in their DNA, and the survival of individual animals depends on the "subconscious" in the body, that is, the immediate reaction in the face of danger, without thinking, the body has acted immediately.

For example, when a rat sees a rat with its tail cut off, it will run away because it is "conscious" of something dangerous.

However, human "consciousness" goes further, in addition to "memory", there is also the ability to think logically and associate, that is, the ability to use "consciousness" to edit.