Part 4 of this blog series concluded that Humanoid sapiens is part of Evolution which created Life. All species started from 1 cell (eg, Nat Geo, Wired). Multi-cell organisms are much more complex and required building techniques like compartmentalization, redundancy and specialisation. Also see my 4 May 2017 blog Why is Life digital?
Some 40-50 thousand years ago, the human brain got a major overhaul for reasons still unknown. The resulting behavioral modern homo sapiens was very different from the anatomically modern humans which species had existed for 2-3 million years. The future Humanoid sapiens may take any shape or form but will retain the human mind although enhanced by technology.
Human intelligence developed as follows (also see my blogs of 2015 and 2016):
1. Knowledge or Information – category: known knowns – all life forms – stage: Needs
2. Intuition or Instinct – category: unknown knowns – animals and humans – stage: Wants
3. Beliefs – category: known unknowns – only humans – stage: Beliefs
4. Imagination – category: unknown unknowns – humans/humanoids – new stage: Limitless.
Humanoid sapiens, the descendant of Homo sapiens, will be the first species to enter the new and 4th Limitless or Unlimited stage. It will be the first species that can deal with unlimited volumes of Information. All previous life forms and species, including Homo sapiens, were limited in processing and storage of Information or Knowledge.
The past few days, I have been wondering if – and how – Faith and Religion would affect Humanoid sapiens. A 2017 scientific study concludes that religion is an evolved instinct. Also see my 23 May 2017 blog: Religion and human instinct. This conclusion is consistent with the observation that certain animals do perform rituals that suggest proto-religious beliefs (eg, chimps, dolphins, elephants).
Homo sapiens created religious beliefs based on these evolved animal and human instincts. This development matches my ranking above. Our beliefs often limit us from understanding other people. Imagination will however “free your mind, and the rest will follow” (lyrics, video, Wiki).
Hence, I expect that Faith will finally take over from Religion. This is in line with Mahatma Gandhi‘s conclusion that “God has no religion“. Essentially, Amos 5:21 (see Book of Amos from the Old Testament and Hebrew Bible) claims the same. Similar quotes are in the Quran (eg, 22:36–7, 6:136). Religions are already anticipating on this development: see 2017 video.
The Limitless stage does pose some interesting questions: how do you keep focus with unlimited information? How do you prevent information from becoming an existential distraction? To a large extent, we have already approached an era of information overload. How will Humanoid sapiens survive in the new and 4th Limitless stage? To be continued.
No Limit (1993) by 2 Unlimited – artists, lyrics, video, Wiki-1, Wiki-2
No no limits, we’ll reach for the sky!
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