Consilience 9-10

We discussed how social sciences are far away from consilience with the natural sciences. How biology and culture don’t coincide: some people just study biology and others just social sciences. Wilson says that there should also be consilience between the two.

Another topic we discussed was epigenetic rules:

• “Epigenetic rules will allow the understanding of the human mind, and thus reach consilience.” Why is it that epigenetic rules leave an array of options?Because by law, we don’t have to follow the rules?Why do they leave options for us? Is it for mere experimentation? Sometimes, especially in complex societies these epigenetic rules no longer contribute to the health and well-being of the community, meaning that these epigenetic rules don’t do us good and don’t work. Which has to mean that something has changed. Does this mean we can change the human disposition to follow, believe and want an authority? To become a system more like the MPC?

• We have things in our genes, epigenetic rules, that tell us how to do certain things (survival most of all). This creates a culture and evolves. From this culture we also learn to behave a certain way, although we can choose or move around more freely (like choosing religion).

• Is there an epigenetic rule that guides us to do art?“It follows that even the greatest work of art might be understood fundamentally with knowledge of the biologically evolves epigenetic rules that guided them.”Art is not an epigenetic rule itself, but the are other things that guide us to create are, other epigenetic rules. Could creativity be an epigenetic rule? I believe it is because everyone has creativity, not in the same level, and not in the same area or way (not just paintings).