Bio-mimicry has helped me a lot to understand many things and especially humans. After a succession of disappointments about the true nature of humans, I turned to understanding the "psychology" of other living organisms and it was at this moment that I began to discover several lies, the the greater is the one who considers humans as models of goodness and altruism. Far from it, I have very great doubts that it is a model compared to other species, unless it draws inspiration from other species.
I reject the idea that the human is a model of good and altruism, this comes after an in-depth bibliographical research on the psychology of the human being and on his prosocial behavior and his intentions and his motivations, I based myself, during this reflection, on biomimicry and on the idea that science is not free from lies.
In this type of reflection I make the difference between science and intelligence (the majority confuse between these last 2), what is certain is that the future does not belong to the human brain and its intelligence.
I'm curious to know more about the specific findings from your bibliographical research on human psychology and prosocial behavior. Could you share some key points or references that have influenced your perspective ? Additionally, I find your mention of biomimicry intriguing. How do you see the principles of biomimicry contributing to our understanding of human behavior, and in what ways can it guide us toward a more accurate assessment of our species ?
Hello,
You know, biomimicry or bioinspiration has always been used as a development and innovation strategy but especially in the technological field.
Concerning my bibliographic research, it began when I wanted to make a connection between prosocial behavior in humans and the behavior of other species when they interact with each other. What I have noticed in other species is that their interactions can resemble altruism and egoism (selfishness), such as beneficial interactions (mutualism) or harmful interactions for a partner (parasitism).
Regarding humans, when I did my bibliographic research on prosocial human behavior and especially when this behavior has an apparent altruistic motivation, I began to have a doubt, does altruism exist? It really in humans, is it not simply selfishness (egoism) in disguise.
Also, it has been admitted for example by Batson and Shaw (1991), that when someone is altruistic it may be because there is pressure and they have no choice and sometimes because It costs him nothing, will he remain altruistic if his behavior is costly? Also I was not convinced that this altruistic behavior is natural in humans but rather cultural, he is altruistic because his community expects that of him, because it has a spiritual benefit…..
On the other hand, the opposite is true for other species if they behave in a way that benefits another, it is natural and for some of these species if they have harmful behavior, genetically they have the means to change this harmful behavior in beneficial behavior, without culture or social pressure intervening, therefore the “altruistic” behavior of these species is natural.
You might enjoy the article on bonobo cooperation in Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.adg0844
Thanks for the link to the article, at the moment I am writing a book on the behavior of other species and that of humans, who have a lot to learn from the "prosocial" behavior of other species.
In 2022, I published a book on cellular and microbial intelligence and compared it with that of human beings.
No sorry, isn't in English but in French, the second too is in French and in paper version.