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Hi Suzie, what is so extraordinary about Jeremy Griffith’s instinct vs intellect explanation of the human condition is that it explains the real reason for why humans’ competitive behaviour became an unavoidable, indeed necessary, part of human life; it defends our so-called ‘dark side’. That is why it is so powerful: it actually allows us all to reconcile the selfish madness of the world, and in ourselves, with ideality. And by explaining the very good reason why our intellect had to defy our instincts, it makes redundant our defensive behaviours of anger, egocentricity and alienation, which is what makes it totally different to pseudo idealistic demands that we all just behave cooperatively. See FAQ 1.40, which addresses ‘How can you hope to transform the world? — In particular, how are you going to change the behaviour of the rich and powerful? / How are you going to reach the bastions of power? / Won’t the greedy and power-hungry simply ignore this?’. See also FAQ 1.6, ‘Why does understanding of the human condition solve everything?’

Thank you for your thoughtful honesty, Rambla. Finally being able to understand the human-condition-battle between our instinct and intellect is so immensely relieving. We thought you would find psychiatrist Professor Harry Prosen’s response to the question ‘How does understanding the human race’s condition help with an individual’s depression and psychosis? helpful, see FAQ 1.34 and also FAQ 1.35 ‘Does this heal anxiety?’ Significantly with this explanation of our condition we no longer have to be burdened by the fundamental question of whether we are good or bad because our core goodness as individuals and as a species has been biologically established. We can understand humans’ psychological upset was the price humans had to pay for searching for knowledge and that the human story presents the greatest, most heroic story ever told. So we can bring great compassion and kindness to ourselves and others and we don’t have to overly confront the upset within us (as FAQ 1.19 summarises).

Thank you for your wonderfully appreciative comment Robert and we are very sorry to hear of the loss of your mother and your struggles. This pandemic has been a terribly difficult time for so many and as Jeremy Griffith says at the beginning of THE Interview, “The turmoil and trauma of this pandemic has only amplified the now dire need in the world for a deeper, lasting solution to all the chaos and suffering in human life.” Thank goodness we now have the understanding humanity has been desperately in search of and can start to heal ourselves and our world.

The human race cannot exist without love. Nothing can. This is the only way to extinguish all the negativity that comes with hatred. We can all see the suffering that we are expected to endure with no questions asked. The same mistakes reapeated over and over. When the simple solution is there. Life can be so beautiful for us all. I loved this interview and many thanks for showing us the way it is meant to be.

Thanks for your feedback Peter. In THE Interview Jeremy Griffith explains the key biological distinction between humans and other animals is that humans suffer from the conscious-mind-based, psychologically troubled human condition, not the genetic-opportunism-based, animal condition. Words used to describe our human behaviour such as egocentric, arrogant, inspired, depressed, deluded, pessimistic, optimistic, artificial, hateful, cynical, mean, sadistic, immoral, brilliant, guilt-ridden, evil, psychotic, neurotic and alienated, all recognise the involvement of OUR species’ fully conscious thinking mind. They demonstrate that there is a psychological dimension to our behaviour; that we don’t suffer from a genetic-opportunism-driven ‘animal condition’, but a conscious-mind-based, psychologically troubled HUMAN CONDITION.

Thanks for you question Ntutha. It does take a little time to fully absorb the significance of finally being able to explain the human condition. What it means is we now have the ability, for the first time, to understand every aspect of human behaviour and our behaviour will change naturally as a result. At last we can understand we have been driven by a deep insecurity about our fundamental goodness or worth and so now that our goodness is biologically established we no longer have to behave insecurely and selfishly and can legitimately return to a selfless way of living. ‘Legitimately’ because at last we have the first principle-based science which liberates us to be honest about our conflicted upset state instead of denying or transcending it. This is the rapidly transforming practical effect of being able to understand the human condition which is fully explained and illustrated on our Transformation page. Also FAQs 1.4 to 1.6 explain the far-reaching application of this information and Freedom Essay 15 is all about ‘How our lives can be immediately transformed’. We’d especially recommend you join our Facebook Group and register for our live events with Jeremy Griffith as there is so much helpful discussion taking place there about how this immensely redeeming and relieving knowledge transforms our lives!

Great to have your interest Andrew. The human condition is the study of humans’ capacity for so-called ‘good and evil’and is the realm of inquiry where science and religion overlap, so yes in explaining the human condition religion is demystified and explained. Of course this presents a massive paradigm shift in our thinking but what people discover is Jeremy Griffith’s work actually reconciles science and religion by bringing biological understanding to pre-scientific concepts. In fact it presents the fulfillment of a time that all religions looked forward to when we could actually explain ourselves, see FAQ 6.3 ‘Does this undermine religion/God’ and FAQ 6.2 ‘What is God’. It represents the end of faith and dogma and the beginning of knowing.

I was on board through most of this interview but you lost me at the end. If we humans are inherently good then why does he say the modern left-wing only believe they are trying to help the world but they are only being selfish. Many of them are probably driven by a selfish gratification but since we as humans are good, why does he believe all leftists are doing it for selfish reasons? Can they not truly care for their fellow man?

While Buddhism and Christianity contain all manner of truths about human life, it is coming from a pre-scientific view. Ultimately we needed to find the scientific explanation for why we are fundamentally good—answer the age-old question of why when the universal ideals are to be loving, cooperative and selfless are we so angry, competitive and selfish. Answering this question required finding the clarifying difference between the way the intellect and instincts work, and that is the great biological breakthrough Jeremy Griffith presents here. What Jeremy is putting forward is that for there to be a fundamental solution to our human situation we had to understand the human condition – humans’ capacity for good and evil which is the source of the unconscious guilt and fear you speak of – from a biological perspective. You may find see FAQ 6.3 ‘Does this undermine religion/God’ of interest.

The solution is understanding the human condition and the legitimate return to a selfless way of living that brings about. To clarify, all the problems we’re experiencing on this planet, aside from natural phenomenon, are caused by us humans. We are the ones who are egocentric, selfish, greedy, materialistic, fake, angry as hell. And so it’s that underlying issue—our ‘good and evil’ stricken human condition—that has to be addressed and fixed if we are to solve the world’s problems and that is exactly what Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation of the human condition does (see FAQs 1.5 & 1.6). And, as THE Interview explains, this will solve problems very quickly because instead of us being preoccupied with proving ourselves artificially (through seeking power, fame, fortune and glory) all our energies will be freed to truly work together and focus on doing whatever it takes to end the suffering in all the corners of the world. So, in a world fast going crazy from the effects of the human condition, this is the now desperately needed reconciling understanding that brings about a new world for humans FREE of the agony of the human condition. This is the understanding that ends human suffering at its source, and unites the human race (see FAQs 4.1, 4.4 & our Transformation page).

Great to have your interest Barbara. Most wonderfully, Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation answers the ultimate question of the origin of the psychologically upset state of the human condition, and with that core mystery and problem about human behaviour explained, an avalanche of answers to related questions do finally become accessible. After THE Interview we suggest you explore Jeremy’s definitive book FREEDOM—you can see the Contents here for all it explains—and also our extensive FAQ facility is most helpful. We’d especially recommend you join our Facebook Group and register for our live events with Jeremy and others as there is so much helpful and practical discussion taking place there about this immensely relieving knowledge!

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Hi Jude, electronic copies of Jeremy’s books are immediately available for free here on our homepage. This includes his definitive book FREEDOM and the booklet version of THE Interview. You can also download free Kindle versions from Amazon.

I am glad to come aross this interview. The sooner we put this to practice we all come have a change to help to live in this world of ours. Thank you.

Thanks for your comment Peter. Genes have to be selfish to reproduce, which means that unconditionally selfless cooperation cannot normally develop between one sexually reproducing individual and another. As is mentioned in Part 3 of THE Interview recent theories such as ‘group selection’ and ‘self-domestication’ have attempted to get around this by arguing that genuine altruism or cooperation can arise through selection against aggression, but it is flawed biology because the reality is that any selfless behaviour will always be relentlessly selected against (see chapters 6.8 to 6.10 of FREEDOM). No, the only way that genuine cooperation or selflessness could develop was through the nurturing based love-indoctrination process, which is introduced in Part 3 of THE Interview, and which you can read more about in chapter 5 of FREEDOM. So, as is explained in Part 1, our selfish, competitive and aggressive behaviour is not due to savage instincts but is the result of a psychosis caused by the ‘instincts and intellect’ clash. We don’t suffer from a genetic-opportunism-driven ‘animal condition’, but a conscious-mind-based, psychologically troubled human condition.

Yes this critical new science is incredible Carole and presents a new way of thinking about humans so re-visiting THE Interview is something we recommend. The ‘big bang’ theory is currently the most popular explanation for the origin of the universe, but whatever happened in the beginning, time, space and the fundamental particles of matter, the building blocks of our universe, came into being. So starting from the big bang and the creation of the universe and the laws of physics, you can follow the development of the order of matter all the way to the development of conscious humans and their conflict with their instinctive self, and the resulting upset state of the human condition (see FREEDOM chapter 4:2 ‘The obvious truth of the development of order of matter on Earth’). What is certainly true is that humans will be in a far better position to think about the universe once we are no longer crippled by the human condition – our current all-preoccupying insecurity over our self worth. Also, given your interest in Bonobos, chapter 5 of Jeremy Griffith’s book FREEDOM further evidences what is explained in Part 3 of THE Interview about how cooperative and loving bonobos are and how bonobos demonstrate the nurturing based love-indoctrination process that created our cooperative instincts.

Yes Brigitte, our main website is available in German at https://www.humancondition.com/de/ and it provides written translations and voice-overs for THE Interview and the key Video/Freedom Essays 1-11 & 14. (You also might like to visit the WTM Austrian Centre, the WTM Bregenz Centre, the WTM Graz Centre and the WTM Switzerland Centre, as all of their Centre websites are provided in German.) So there is a feast of material freely available! Also, you can see all the other publications including THE Interivew that are available in Afrikaans, Dutch, French, Greek, Polish and Spanish here.

Thank you for your wonderful feedback Colette. The human condition is the study of humans’ capacity for so-called ‘good and evil’and is the realm of inquiry where science and religion overlap, so in explaining the human condition religion is demystified and explained. Of course this presents a massive paradigm shift in our thinking but what people discover is Jeremy Griffith’s work actually reconciles science and religion by bringing biological understanding to pre-scientific concepts. In fact it presents the fulfillment of a time that all religions looked forward to when we could actually explain ourselves, see FAQ 6.3 ‘Does this undermine religion/God’ and FAQ 6.2 ‘What is God’. It represents the end of faith and dogma and the beginning of knowing.

What is the human condition Jeremy and why? If you really have the answer to full freedom for mankind you must be greater than the one God sent and your not. If your not pointing people to him then you also remain just a humanist with Band-AIDS.

Thanks for your interest Damien. This explanation produces a huge paradigm shift so there is much to absorb, and you have to allow yourself time to do that, but Part 4 of THE Interview, titled ‘How does the psychological rehabilitation of the human race that the arrival of understanding of the human condition finally makes possible actually occur?’, does present the answer to how this understanding allows us to transform our lives. It explains that it will take a number of generations for the upset within us to be completely healed but it also stresses importantly we can be immediately free of its effects. At last we can understand our behaviour has been driven by a deep insecurity about our fundamental goodness or worth and so now that our goodness is biologically established we no longer have to behave insecurely and selfishly and can legitimately return to a selfless way of living. ‘Legitimately’ because we have the first principle science which liberates us to be honest about our conflicted upset state instead of denying or transcending it. So instead of being focused on power, fame, fortune and glory, all our energies will be freed to truly work together on doing whatever it takes to end the suffering and save our world. How this healing is immediately open to us all is further explained in Freedom Essay 15 ‘How our lives can be immediately transformed’ and the Transformation section of our website is brimming with invaluable insight and personal affirmations.

    What is so extraordinary about Jeremy Griffith’s instinct vs intellect explanation of the human condition is that it defends our so-called ‘dark side. That is why it is so powerful: it actually allows us all to reconcile the selfish madness of the world, and in ourselves, with ideality. And by explaining the very good reason why our intellect had to defy our instincts, it makes redundant our defensive behaviours of anger, egocentricity and alienation, which is what makes it totally different to pseudo idealistic demands that we all just behave cooperatively. See FAQ 1.40, which addresses ‘How can you hope to transform the world? — In particular, how are you going to change the behaviour of the rich and powerful? / How are you going to reach the bastions of power? / Won’t the greedy and power-hungry simply ignore this?’     In reconciling instinct vs intellect, the explanation of the human condition also brings a profound understanding to both sides which ultimately will bring an end to the whole ugly business of politics. This is fully explained in our FAQs about politics.

Hi Christine, our FAQ 3.4 lists the many ways people can become involved in the World Transformation Movement and help disseminate this world-saving information. This includes joining and participating in the WTM’s Facebook Community Group and attending our live events which you can register for here on our homepage. We also have over 50 WTM Centres around the world so you might like to contact the one nearest to you! See FAQ 3.3 for all our centres.

The explanation of the human condition pertains to all humans! Jeremy Griffith’s breakthrough instinct vs intellect explanation of the human condition brings compassionate and thus safe understanding to ALL of human behaviour, be it our individual lives, or politics, religion, the relationship between men and women, or different races, etc. What you discover is this explanation unravels the seemingly impenetrable and insoluble confusion of human life — including why the horror of racism has existed under the duress of the human condition and, most importantly, finally brings it to an end! This desperately needed reconciling understanding of the reality of differences between races is explained in Freedom Essay 28. And for a testimonial on the power of this information to end racism, we recommend watching/reading the presentation from Franklin Mukakanga, of Zambia, in Video/Freedom Essay 8.

This explanation produces a huge paradigm shift so there is much to absorb but Part 4 of THE Interview, titled ‘How does the psychological rehabilitation of the human race that the arrival of understanding of the human condition finally makes possible actually occur?’, does present the answer to how we can heal. It explains it will take a number of generations for the upset within us to be completely healed but it also stresses importantly we can be immediately free of its effects. At last we can understand our behaviour has been driven by a deep insecurity about our fundamental goodness or worth and so now that our goodness is biologically established we no longer have to behave insecurely and selfishly and can legitimately return to a selfless way of living. ‘Legitimately’ because we have the first principle science which liberates us to be honest about our conflicted upset state instead of denying or transcending it. So instead of being focused on power, fame, fortune and glory, all our energies will be freed to truly work together on doing whatever it takes to end the suffering and save our world. How this healing is immediately open to us all is further explained in Freedom Essay 15 ‘How our lives can be immediately transformed’ and the Transformation section of our website is brimming with invaluable insight and personal affirmations.

Thanks Emily, it’s great to have your interest. At the top of our homepage — HumanCondition.com — it states ‘WHAT NEXT after watching THE Interview above?’ and guides you through the steps to pursue your interest. This includes registering for our free, live, interactive events with Jeremy Griffith and others and joining our popular Facebook Group.

Hi Konstantina, you can see all our translations on our Translations page. At this point there is only a Greek translation of Transform Your Life and Save The World (Μεταμορφωστε τη ζωη σας και σωστε τον κοσμο), but we are working on more of Jeremy’s books. Also people can watch THE Interview with subtitles in their native language (use the closed captions or subtitles function by clicking on the ‘cc’ icon at the bottom of the video player/window). You might like to subscribe to our free mailing list to be kept informed of WTM developments including new translations.

Yes, we can now explain that when we humans developed a conscious mind some 2 million years ago, a battle unavoidably developed between it and our already established instincts. The result of this conflict between our instinct and intellect was that we became psychologically defensive, angry, alienated and egocentric — the upset state we refer to as the human condition. But now that we can explain and understand this conflict, all those insecure, defensive behaviours are obsoleted, brought to an end, and we free ourselves from the human condition. And while, as Part 4 of THE Interview explains, it will take generations for the upset within us to be completely healed, importantly we can be immediately free of its effects, see FAQ 1.5.

Jeremy Griffith’s biological explanation of the human condition reconciles science and religion by bringing biological understanding to pre-scientific concepts. In terms of Christianity and Christ, Jeremy does consider the Bible to be a repository of extremely rare denial-free truth, containing all the truth about human life albeit from that pre-science view, and he has written about Christ’s life and its phenomenal importance in humanity’s journey in Freedom Essay 39. Our FAQs about religion are also helpful. You might also be interested in our FAQs on politics.

As THE Interview explains, despite our competitive and selfish behaviour we have always intuitively believed we were fundamentally good, but we have never been able to explain this contradictory, conflicted condition — until now. Using first principle-based biology, Jeremy Griffith explains that understanding why the intellect had to defy our cooperative ‘good’ instincts and become psychologically upset, or ‘bad’, could we resolve our species’ psychosis and legitimately return to the nurturing, loving and sensitive state we once lived in, that children, in their innocence, still instinctively expect, and which Maria Montessori recognised and sought to emulate with her education system. We suggest FAQ 1.13 ‘Is this original or new?’ which explains the unique significance of Jeremy Griffith’s work. And for more about how having this core mystery of human behaviour solved transforms the human race, see our Transformation page.

    Thank you for your interest and enthusiasm, Eva. We suggest that the more you digest Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation, the more you will realise how realistic and accountable it actually is in getting to the source of all humanity’s psychological upset. As THE Interview explains we do have completely loving and selfless instincts (as a result of the nurturing love-indoctrination process explained in Part 3), and that our greed and conflict isn’t the product of limited resources, but a psychosis resulting from a clash between our emerging conscious mind and those pre-established instincts. Selfishness, which is what fighting over resources is, is a symptom of the underlying, deep insecurity in humans caused by the human condition, so if we solve that condition we resolve any competition over resources. Solving the human condition meant answering the essential question of why, when the ideals are to be loving and selfless, are we so competitive and selfish? It is this question of questions that Jeremy has solved. To quote FAQ 1.6 ‘Why does understanding solve everything’: “So, in a world fast going crazy from the effects of the human condition, this is the now desperately needed reconciling understanding that brings about a new world for humans FREE of the agony of the human condition. This is the understanding that ends human suffering at its source, and unites the human race.”     Jeremy’s books are immediately available for free here on our homepage. This includes his definitive book FREEDOM and the booklet version of THE Interview. You can also download free Kindle versions from Amazon.

    Various thinkers have identified a clash between an ancient instinctive part of our brain and the more recently developed intellectual part as being critical to understanding the human condition (see for example Freedom Essay 4 which includes an analysis of Paul MacLean’s triune brain theory), however what Jeremy Griffith is presenting is a completely new take on this basic pattern. We can now understand that unlike other animals our human ancestors developed completely loving and cooperative instincts through the nurturing based love-indoctrination process (which is explained in Part 3 of THE Interview). It can then be explained that the source of angry, egocentric behaviour is not selfish, survival instincts within us, or the thwarting of our reptilian brain’s impulses, but is due to a universal psychosis caused by a clash between those loving, but dictatorial instincts, and our emerging intellect. We recommend reading FAQ 1.13 “Is this idea original or new? / How does biologist Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation of the human condition differ from other theories that recognise these elements?”, as it explains the unique significance of Jeremy’s work.     And you might also be interested in FAQ 1.40, which addresses ‘How can you hope to transform the world? — In particular, how are you going to change the behaviour of the rich and powerful? / How are you going to reach the bastions of power? / Won’t the greedy and power-hungry simply ignore this?’

Hi Lindah, yes, the world desperately needs this redeeming, rehabilitating explanation of the human condition, and for this reason the WTM is doing everything it can to disseminate it, including making all information and materials we provide free of charge. This includes Jeremy Griffith’s definitive book FREEDOM, and the booklet version of THE Interview — which can be accessed here on our website. You can also download free Kindle versions from Amazon.

Thank you very much, Ian. The fundamental problem the human race has always had is to explain or justify competitive, selfish and aggressive behaviour. That is the issue of the human condition that Jeremy Griffith finally explains and why his work is of unique importance to the survival of the world. After THE Interview we encourage people to watch/read our Introductory Videos/Freedom Essays 1-4 and 14 on our homepage, and you will see in Video/Freedom Essay 14 that Jeremy discusses Jordan Peterson’s work, which he describes as immensely heroic yet ultimately doomed, because only the psychosis-addressing-and-solving, real explanation of the human condition can stop the destruction of our world and the disintegration of society that is happening everywhere we look. It is precisely this real psychologically redeeming and transforming explanation that Jeremy has delivered in his first principle-based biological understanding of the human condition. But while Peterson does not explain the biology of the human condition correctly, Jeremy is very appreciative of his work, referring to it in an essay that was published in Spectator Magazine.

Hi Mercedes, our homepage — HumanCondition.com — provides a wonderful road map to pursue your interest with all our key material made freely available and you can register for free, live, interactive presentations with Jeremy about this immensely relieving understanding. You may also like to join our Facebook Group where there is much interesting and excited discussion taking place.

Jeremy Griffith’s biological ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation of the human condition allows us to understand the real merits and liabilities of both the left and right wing. His work certainly doesn’t excuse the right-wing for its corrupting behaviour, nor unfairly focus on the failing of the left, which is that its insistence on ideal behaviour had the effect of oppressing the search for knowledge, but rather brings a profound understanding to both sides which ultimately will bring an end to the whole ugly business of politics. This is fully explained in our FAQs about politics.

Thank you for your thoughts, Susan. We suggest the more you absorb what is presented in THE Interview, the more you will realise that it explains humans’ selfish and “greedy” compulsion for material wealth is not driven by instincts to “survive” but the product of a universal psychosis, caused by the clash between our instinct and intellect, and a psychosis is changeable as it can be healed through understanding. Basically, saying our selfish and aggressive behaviour is a manifestation of survival or selfish instincts was just a convenient excuse while we searched for the psychosis-addressing-and-solving real explanation of our divisive behaviour (see FAQ 1.29 ‘Is the human condition biological or psychological’). It takes time to see how this biological understanding stops our selfishness and greed but because it addresses the core insecurity that has been driving it, it actually does (see FAQ 1.6 ‘Why does understanding of the human condition solve everything?’).

Thank you for your comment, Rachel. Yes, we are certainly in critical need of a deeper understanding of ourselves so we can put an end to all the suffering and horror that our condition creates. And we suggest that the more you digest Jeremy Griffith’s ‘instinct vs intellect’ explanation, the more you will realise how accountable it is in getting to the source of all humanity’s psychological upset, which in the extreme, produces people who are capable of cruelty. Of course this breakthrough explanation doesn’t condone or sanction the horrendous atrocities humans can commit rather, through bringing compassionate understanding to the source of humans’ upset behaviour, it gives us the power to ameliorate and thus subside and ultimately eliminate it, see FAQ 1.38 ‘Aren’t some people just born psychopathic, or even ‘evil’? / How does this explanation rehabilitate people capable of ‘evil’ behaviour? / Does this condone ‘evil’ behaviour?’. As the late Professor Harry Prosen, psychiatrist and former president of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, said: ‘I have no doubt Jeremy Griffith’s biological explanation of the human condition is the holy grail of insight we have sought for the psychological rehabilitation of the human race.’

    While there are remnants of selfish reciprocity, sexual opportunism and aggression in bonobo behaviour, as indicated in THE Interview they are extraordinarily nurturing, and extraordinarily gentle and cooperative. Bonobos’ engagement in opportunistic hunting is discussed in Jeremy Griffith’s definitive book FREEDOM, ch. 2:11 ‘Multilevel Selection theory for eusociality’, which includes reference to Hohmann’s studies. To quote “While bonobos have been known to capture and eat small game, including small monkeys, to supplement their diet with protein, they are not known to routinely hunt down and eat large animals such as colobus monkeys, like chimpanzees do, with ‘hunting behavior [by bonobos] very rare’ (Tetsuya Sakamaki…). [E.O.] Wilson relies upon a 2008 report by [Gottfried] Hohmann titled ‘Primate hunting by bonobos at LuiKotale, Salonga National Park’ to draw these erroneous comparisons with the more aggressive chimpanzees—but Hohmann’s report actually reveals extraordinary differences between bonobos and chimpanzees…”     We are proposing that without understanding of the human condition, humans have found the cooperative and gentle nature of bonobos (and our cooperative heritage depicted in myths) highly confronting of our own upset state (dealt with at length in FREEDOM chs. 5 & 6) and instead want to use chimpanzee’s aggressive nature as a model for human behaviour (which supports the false ‘savage instincts’ excuse addressed in this interview). This quote from primatologist Frans de Waal, who refers to the bonobos as ‘the forgotten ape’, supports this (see ch. 6:6): “Two strategies have emerged to keep bonobos at a distance so as to preserve chimpanzee-based scenarios of human evolution, which traditionally emphasize warfare, hunting, tool use, and male dominance. The first strategy is to describe the bonobo as an interesting but specialized anomaly that can be safely ignored as a possible model of the last common ancestor… The second strategy, adopted by [Craig] Stanford, is to minimize the differences between the two Pan species: if bonobos behave, by and large, like chimpanzees, there is no reason to question the latter species’ prominence as a model”.

That’s great Jacki. Our homepage — HumanCondition.com — provides an initial guide to learn more (and it is all FREE, and no registration required). At the top of the homepage it states ‘WHAT NEXT after watching THE Interview?’ and leads you through the steps to pursue your interest! Our interactive live events with Jeremy Griffith and others are also a great way to have questions answered, and interact with others to enhance your comprehension of this breakthrough explanation of the human condition. You can register for these totally free events on our homepage here. Also our Facebook Group provides a wonderful platform for participating in, or just observing, interesting and exciting discussion with others about how we can live with this critical new science.

Thanks for your thoughts, Bela. Yes, as THE Interview explains, for humans to return to our original cooperative and loving instinctive behaviour, we had to first confront and solve the human condition. We had to answer the age-old question of why when the universal ideals are to be loving, cooperative and selfless are we so angry, competitive and selfish. It is only with the intellect defended for why it had to defy our loving instincts and become angry, egocentric and alienated, do we have the “foundation” to legitimately “walk towards light”, that is, return to that non-upset ideal state or home we’ve longed for, but with understanding, in a fully conscious way; as the poet T.S. Eliot anticipated, ‘We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time’ (Little Gidding, 1942). And while that search for liberating knowledge was underway, it is true that religion in-effect condemned the conscious mind’s all-important search for knowledge, however we can now appreciate that religion has played a significant role as both the custodian of the ideal state and as a means of solace for those exhausted by the corrupting journey; our FAQs about the demystification of religion may be of interest.