And yet, as history has shown, there is a dark side to the human brain. The evidence is overwhelming that throughout our histsory as a species, relations between individuals and societies have been destructive as well as positive. We need to 'tune' our psychology, to figure out how to turn up the volume on ancient instincts like cooperation and turn down the volume on instincts like organized aggression. VHS 57 min. We tell stories to feel at home in the Universe.
Humans are both mythmakers and scientists.
Often, myth and science produce very different stories, different paths to the truth. And yet, they are both products of our brains, trying to make sense of our experience. This program explores the way of science at the end of this century, and the directions it is taking in helping us to know ourselves and to approach the big questions with new information and insight. Consciousness VHS 57 min. Throughout human history, the everyday miracle of consciousness, of being aware, has led philosophers, poets, and mystics to believe that the essence of our being can exist independently of our bodies.