The Moth and the Flame: Can Reason Compete with Instinct?

21st-century humanity is threatened by numerous self-generated existential threats to its continued survival. These include socio-political disintegration, ecological collapse and the potential ramifications of AI.

The nature of this challenge is comparable to the most prominent scientific hypothesis as to why moths fly into flames — an accidental hijacking of an evolutionary adaptation that leads to the death of individuals.

What this hypothesis is and how it relates to the decline of humanity is what we are going to be exploring on this episode of The Living Philosophy.

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Media Used:

1. Mesmerize — Kevin MacLeod

2. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod

3. Lost Frontier — Kevin MacLeod

4. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod

5. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod

6. 1812 Overture • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky https://youtu.be/LAUuXfSeoqY

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a. Walt Disney’s Moth Production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YouBj4K7104

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⌛ Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

0:49 The Flight of the Moth

2:30 Disrupted Evolution

3:36 Moth-Man

6:02 Mothbook

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