The supermind's insatiable curiosity and powerful human imagination
(both "learning" imagination and "creative" imagination) is constantly probing deeper and deeper into the secrets of nature, inventing new technology, and giving people more control over their own existence.
Modern man's brain is the culmination of billions of years of the evolution of life on earth. Beginning with a vague nerve area in the most primative life forms - the brain has slowly evolved through the millennia - becoming more and more complex - slowly evolving keener senses, enabling it's hosts to become ever more aware of the environment that surrounds them. After billions of years, a large brain had evolved in the Homo Sapiens species (both modern man and the Neandertals). It was a big brain but it was not yet imaginative - there is no evidence that either group had much creative power for three or four hundred thousand years after they genetically went their separate ways. Both groups were very intelligent and had substantial "learning" imaginations but they had very little "creative" imagination.
Then somewhere around 50 thousand years ago the tribes in the northern region of Africa began leaving evidence that creativity was beginning to take place - superior new tools and weapons were created, along with artifacts and art. Something revolutionary was beginning to happen on the planet. The Homo Sapiens species was rising to a higher plane of becoming aware of the wonders that surrounded them.
What transformed modern man, into an imaginative being and how long the transformation took is open for speculation. The Neandertals did show a little amount of creativity with their flintsone chipped tools but never had a chance to fully develop before they became extinct.
The human mind now had the power to imagine - to form mental pictures of things that did not exist and to imagine abstract concepts. The ability to mentally visualize nature in all its glory - for what it is. The ability to reach into an imaginary world and bring forth its fruits - to reality. It allowed the the superminds (creative geniuses) of mankind to burst forth into full blown power. These "superminds" now had the imaginative potential to discover nature's deepest secrets. It would take thousands of years of step by step progress to get to the level of present day knowledge.
In observing ordinary people in every walk of life this seems hard to believe. But among our species there is a small percentage of imaginative superminds, (creative geniuses) that make possible the tremendous continuous progression mankind has experienced throughout its brief evolutionary history. They are the inventors, philosophers, scientists, innovators, storytellers, etc.. (Galileo, Newton, Bacon, Plato, Faraday, Moses, Chopin, Archimedes, Micheal Angelo, Franklin, the Wright bothers, Telsa, Edison,- just to name a random few of the more famous super minds - there are countless others.)
Long ago in ancient times imaginative superminds invented the wheel-axle system, the bow and arrow, and of course, farming. These were just a few of the early major steps in the progression of mankind, there were many others. Civilization benefits greatly from their works.
Super minds have powerful creative imaginations and seem to be sprinkled throughout the history of mankind, creating complex languages, inventing new innovations, philosophies, creating beautiful art and recently discovering and describing the physical laws of nature. They seem to be a more of a product of the cultures they live in rather then inherited genes. Cultures that are constantly challenged to survive eventually either overcome their challenges by innovation or become extinct as a culture. Super Minds build upon the ideas of other minds and when they are in contact with many diverse cultures their creative imaginations tend to be more stimulated.
The "super minds" all have an insatiable curiosity that compels them to, learn, investigate and speculate about everything that interests them. Their imagination spews forth mental ideas that may or may not lead to the right solutions. Sometimes an inspiration will flash into their minds while they sleep. The majority of these creative super minds probably never develop to their full potential because of the conditions they live under - but many do!
Anthropologists now put the age of the transformation at around 50 thousand years ago. This is the time when the Homo Sapiens became the 'Homo Imaginative Sapiens' (modern man). This is when the "Mind" of mankind came into being - a tremendous creative force that is an extension of Nature’s awesome power. The superminds of mankind create things that Nature otherwise - could not create.
Homo Imaginative Sapiens are the culmination of evolution on Earth. Their brains have evolved to the point where they have an imagination powerful enough to become aware of - and appreciate the magnificent wonders of nature and to realize the possibility of the existence of their own "Creator". The super minds have a deep desire to create beautiful works and an insatiable curiosity to constantly probe deeper and deeper into the secrets of nature. By discovering how the Laws of nature work and then applying this knowledge to practical innovations - the "Mind" of mankind is continually progressing forward in every direction.
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Donald L. Hamilton is author of - "The MIND of Mankind,
Human Imagination, the source of Mankind’s tremendous power!"
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