Be advised that the "concept
preparation" chapters may be tedious for the casual reader. Things
really get going starting with Chapter 11.
C O N T E N T S
Prologue
1
Introduction
5
Outlaw Genes in 1962,
Uncrossed Paths in 1963,
Outsider Perspective Advantage
1 Reductionism
14
Universe Rigid, F= ma, No Room
for Spirit Forces,
Dreiser's "No Why, Only How"
2 Spiritual Heritage
23
Primitives Need Spirits,
We Must Resist the
Backwards Pull
3 Genetics Tutorial - Part I
29
Review of Earth Life,
Competition is Between Genes,
Which Genes Compete, Gene
Interaction Effects, Trade
Offs and Compromises, Individual
Welfare Irrelevant,
Inclusive Fitness
4 Genetics Tutorial - Part II
34
Pre adaptation, Species
Shaping Forces, How Many
Genes Compete, Pace of Evolution,
Unintended
Deleterious Effects, Dangers of
Fast Evolution, Lag
and Regression, Mutational Load,
Reverse Evolution,
Pleiotropy and Polygenes
5 Genetics Tutorial - Part III
46
Remote Sensing Metaphors
6 Evolution Concepts
and Humans
50
GEP, Men Bear Greater Burden
of Selective Forces,
Takeover Infanticidal Males,
Monogamy and
Cuckolding, Men and Women Shape
Each Other,
Birth Order, Duality of Morality,
Emotions Control the
Rational, Consciousness
7 Brain Anatomy and
Function
61
Vertical organization,
Cerebral Lobes, Function,
Laterality
8 The Brain's Role in
Evolution
73
Prefrontal is Recent,
Modules and Genes, Competing
Modules, Result Driven Thinking,
Niches, Individual
Ontogeny & Species Phylogeny
9 Artisans Set the
Stage
for Civilizations - Part I
87
Tool Making Artisans go
Full Time, New Artisan Niches
10
Artisans Set the Stage for Civilizations - Part II
97
Co Evolution of Niches
and Genes, LB Driven
Rise of Civilizations
11 Levels
of Selection, Rise and Fall of Civilizations
108
Gene Selection, Group
Selection and Individual
Selection, New Measure for
Strength of Selective
Forces, Rise and Fall of
Civilizations, Oscillations
as a Transitional Mode
12 The Origins of Two Cultures -
Part I
137
Evolution of a New Left
Brain, "Resentful" Right Brains,
LB/RB conflicts
13 The Conflicts of Two Cultures -
Part II
152
Example Newspaper Articles,
Example Books, Eastern
Thought, Fiction and Art,
Spiritual Scientists
14 Factors Influencing Fate of
Civilizations
163
Fanaticism/Individualism,
Producers/Parasites, RB/LB
Conflicts, Sexual Selection,
Troubadours, Power to the
Masses, Dysgenics
15 Dating the Demise of
Humanity
181
New Time Scale for Humanity,
Doomsday Argument and
Anthropic Principle,
Probabilities of Near Future
Population Collapse
16 A Global Civilization Crash
Scenario
204
Tribalism's Starring Role;
Communism & Fascism
as Twin Gene Driven Enemies
of Artisan Created
Civilization, Genetic
Entrenchment and Culturgens,
RB's Revengeful Victory Over LB
17 Living Wisely - Seeking Positives
207
Mount Cognoscenti, Life
Dilemmas, Eschewing the
Crowd, Activity Categories,
Emphasize Positives,
Brief Encounters
18 A Call to Arms - Identifying Outlaw Genes
214
Prospects for Replacing Gonad
Man After the Crash,
Genetic Pitfalls
19 Utopias
231
Isolated Communities,
Cognoscenti Societies, Platonic
Aestheticism
20 Repudiation of the Foregoing
240
Ultimate Meaninglessness
of Everything,
Existentialism, A Hierarchy
for Dealing With Reality
21 A Free Man's Worship
244
Annotated Version of a
Bertrand Russell Essay
Your Odyssey
252
Appendix A: Reductionism
253
Appendix B: Human Virus Examples 261
Appendix C: Remote Sensing Analogy 264
Appendix D: World Population Equations 271
Appendix E: Repudiation of the Foregoing 273
References
276
Index for Names
285
Index for Words
288
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