Hi ! My Name Is Jan, and today i want to talk
about the 3 big humiliations to the world
view of humans humanity witnessed.
Credit where credit is due : this idea isn´t
mine, it is one of Sigmund Freuds.
Enjoy !
First we have to look at the starting position
: the medival christian worldview.
The earth is the middle of the solar system
and the middle of the universe.
The human is made by god, we are the ruler
of earth, the most important subject on the
most important object.
This zentrist and egoistical view gets destroyed
the first time through astronomy.
Copernicus discovered that the sun, not the
earth was the middle of the solar system.
But if you aren´t in the center, how can
you be important ? Now the human is only part
of a gigantic creation.
But he is still the pinnacle of that.
The likeness of god.
More than an animal, the species which is
commissioned by god to design the earth.
But is that true ? Darwin and Wallace dispute
that claim with the theory of evolution.
The human is only an intelligent animal with
a large brain – nothing less, nothing more.
Not send directly by god.
Not assigned to rule over planet earth.
Just a better ape.
Not the choosen one.
But still the master of his own thoughts.
Thoughts are free.
Nobody can take them, nobody can seed them
into you.
You are the single controller of your mind,
your choices are YOUR choices.
That was until Sigmund Freud established the
psychochoanalysis and suggested that everybody
has a subconsciousness.
Which you can influence but can´t control.
It´s actually the other way around.
Your subconsciousness influences most of your
thoughts, most of your actions.
You can´t fight it.
A small point in the universe, an intelligent
animal, which recognises how flawed, how tiny
it is.
Unable to fully understand the universe, unable
to understand itself !
And when it looks into the night sky he senses
the fourth insult.
What if there is something out there, another
smart animal that thinks about its relevance
right now ?
That would be the ultimate degradation : Not
even unique in its commonness.
Thank you for listening and share your thoughts
down below in the comments !
