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Adam and Eve: Self-Consciousness, Evil, and Death

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Snake Tells People, You Bloody Well Better Wake Up

The snake has been associated with the tree for a very, very long time. And who's going to be more susceptible to paying attention to the snake than Eve? Because she had offspring and there's nothing tastier to a snake than a child. The reason that human beings have such acute eyesight is because we were co-evolved with snakes,. We learned how to see them by seeing their patterns in our brain. So one day we woke up and discovered where they live now instead of where they live right now. There's evidence that our son opened his eyes which means that part of the reason thathuman beings are so attuned to snakes is due to this experience.

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