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Interesting that the dream was of a snake. Jordan Peterson makes the point that human sight is so excellent, we think, because it evolved to detect predatory r
by carsongross 10y ago
Interesting that the dream was of a snake.
Jordan Peterson makes the point that human sight is so excellent, we think, because it evolved to detect predatory reptiles (snakes) and ripe fruit (hence seeing color).
It puts this story and the story of The Fall in a different light when looked at from this perspective: the snake as dangerous knowledge.
- dekhn 10y agoThe dream was not of any snake, but ouroborous (a snake eating its own tail), which makes perfect sense because Kekule couldn't find any linear form that satisfied the laws of chemistry, and the image of ourborous helped him realize it was a cycle (at that point, nobody knew that organics could be cyclic).
- carsongross 10y agoReason/self-consciousness turning back on itself.