Starting tomorrow, Advantage Harari: Are we humans best seen as "the rational animal," a formulation Aristotle is widely said to have advanced?
Or is it possible that we humans have been "seeing ourselves from afar?" Is it possible that Professor Harari has offered a more helpful framework of understanding?
Within Harari's paradigmatic portrait, we humans run on "gossip" and on the invention and promulgation of compelling group "fictions." A striking lack of "tolerance" is mentioned as part of the mix.
Not that it matters at this late date, but which portrait better captures the essence of our war-like, floundering species? Which portraitist is more essentially accurate—Aristotle or Professor Harari?
Starting tomorrow, we'll look at examples from our current discourse which seem to say "Advantage Harari!" Last week, we considered Harari's dissent—his implied rejection of that self-flattering, deeply-entrenched "rational animal" portrait:
Tuesday, February 12: Obama, Gates praise major best-seller! "Rational animal, my asp," Israeli professor declares.Do our modern, upper-end journalists really behave like "rational animals?" Or is it possibly time to abandon that picture?
Wednesday, February 13: How accurate are Harari's claims? For our purpose, that isn't the point!
Thursday, February 14: At times, Harari's assessments are dark! How accurate are those assessments?
Friday, February 15: Lady or tiger? Rabbit or duck? In search of a new paradigm!
We'll consider those questions all week.
Tomorrow: Completely ignoring the Green New Deal, Rachel Maddow—Our Own Rhodes Scholar—just keeps locking them up!
Humans are animals, more or less the same as all other animals.
ReplyDeleteMany species operate by forming groups, that's not remarkable.
The extraordinary thing that humans have is language.
It allows humans to make up - and share - stories.
The stories humans compose have little to do with their behavior. Little to do with anything, really. They are just stories, fiction.
This, however, doesn't mean that human behavior is irrational. If it was, humans would've been extinct by now. But what we observe is quite the opposite...
“our modern, upper-end journalists” is not equal to “we humans”
ReplyDeletePerhaps Maddow can be faulted for not discussing the Green New Deal *yet*, but her focus on the Mueller probe is not an example of irrational behavior.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of the Green New Deal, Somerby has not discussed it. He has mentioned its name and its existence.
ReplyDeleteHe is allowed to actually discuss it in his blog if he chooses to.
Maddow didn’t discuss it. Others on MSNBC did. How about looking at the discussions that did occur and critique those?
Are we humans best seen as "the rational animal," a formulation Aristotle is widely said to have advanced?
ReplyDeleteFor values of “widely” equal to never.
Which portraitist is more essentially accurate—Aristotle or Professor Harari?
Well, since Aristotle never painted the portrait you ascribe to him, and Harari is a professor history with little understanding of evolutionary theory, let’s go with neither. Is neither good for you?
How accurate are Harari's claims? For our purpose, that isn't the point!
Not in the least. And imagine my surprise.
Or is it possibly time to abandon that picture?
Possibly. But it’s certainly past time to drop the Aristotle/Harari nonsense.
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