Be advised that the "concept preparation" chapters
may be tedious for the casual reader. Things really get going starting with
Chapter 12.
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
88
Tool Making Artisans go
Full Time, New Artisan Niches
10 Artisans Set the Stage for Civilizations
- Part II
98
Co Evolution of Niches and
Genes, LB Driven
Rise of Civilizations
11 Lessons
from Sailing Ships
110
Co-evolution of genes for altruism/selfishness
and
intolernace/tolerance (group selection
theory)
12 Levels of Selection, Rise and Fall
of Civilizations 114
Gene Selection, Group Selection
and Individual
Selection, New Measure for Strength
of Selective
Forces, Rise and Fall of Civilizations,
Oscillations
as a Transitional Mode
13 The Origins of Two Cultures - Part
I
133
Evolution of a New Left Brain,
"Resentful" Right Brains,
LB/RB conflicts
14 The Conflicts of Two Cultures -
Part II
148
Example Newspaper Articles, Example
Books, Eastern
Thought, Fiction and Art, Spiritual
Scientists
15 Factors Influencing Fate of Civilizations
- Part I 159
Individual Selection & Group
Selection Theories
16 Factors
Influencing Fate of Civilizations - Part II
164
Producers/Parasites
17 Factors
Influencing Fate of Civilizations - Part III
168
Troubadours, Women Speed Civilization's
Fall
18 Factors
Influencing Fate of Civilizations - Part IV
174
Turning Inward, Mutational
Load (Dysgenia)
19 Factors
Influencing Fate of Civilizations - Part V
180
Fascism Cauisng Collapse of American Empire
20 Dating the Demise
of Humanity
209
New Time Scale for Humanity,
Doomsday Argument and
Anthropic Principle, Probabilities
of Near Future
Population Collapse
21 A Global Civilization Crash Scenario
230
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
22 Living Wisely - Seeking Positives
246
Mount Cognoscenti, Life
Dilemmas, Eschewing the
Crowd, Activity Categories, Emphasize
Positives,
Brief Encounters
23 A Call to Arms - Identifying Outlaw
Genes
254
Prospects for Replacing Gonad
Man After the Crash,
Genetic Pitfalls
24 Utopias
272
Isolated Communities, Cognoscenti
Societies, Platonic
Aestheticism
25 Repudiation of the Foregoing
280
Ultimate Meaninglessness of Everything,
Existentialism, A Hierarchy for Dealing
With Reality
26 A Free Man's Worship
284
Annotated Version of a Bertrand
Russell Essay
Your Odyssey
296
Appendix A: Reductionism
297
Appendix B: Human Virus Examples
305
Appendix C: Remote Sensing Analogy
308
Appendix
D: World Population Equations
315
Appendix E: Repudiation of the
Foregoing
317
References
319
Index for Names
329
Index for Words
332
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