I affirm that human beings are atomic creature!  Just think, we are 99.95% nuclear matter and that makes us atomic beings. We are atoms that have mass and energy, and we are atoms in motion. Our body is a microscopic inner world made up of trillions of atoms. I suggest that these trillions of atoms make our bodies a miniature Universe.The atoms throughout our bodies have endowed us with unbreakable bonds with the natural world. We are made of more atoms than there are Stars in the Universe. I have come to  understand that these atoms are mostly empty space, and that remarkably makes each one of us mainly empty space. Bill Bryson informs us, “trillions of atoms created you,” and “your atoms will shut down silently, disassemble, and go off to be other things.” (2003)  That is, when we die our atoms will spin off and become parts of other animate and inanimate things, and in that sense and that sense alone I suggest is the only way we are eternal beings (in future posts I will go  into detail what happens with us when we die).

I attest that humans are nature-made cosmological, biological, sociological, and psychological creatures. The timeline of human nature indicates that physics/geologic (Big Bang) came first, biologic/chemical (Big Birth) was next, self-consciousness (Big Brain) third, and finally an intelligence able to develop communities and complex civilizations. We are capable of reading and writing and that gives us the ability to record our own history. This developmental timeline of human nature came over a protracted time period of cosmic and biological evolution and inheritance. Over this extended time we have evolved, inherited, and have become atomic (post to come), energetic (post to come), and cellular creatures (post to come).

Niles Eldredge said, “humans provide a great example of a far-flung (global) species that has visibly – and genetically – diverged over 100,000-200,000 years.” (2004) I endorse the Out of Africa Theory that homo sapiens evolved in Africa and then migrated in many directions into Europe, Asia, and eventually across the entire globe. We have always been a wandering wanderlust species where various groups physically meandered out of Africa thousands of years ago to settle and find their place on Earth. I advance the notion that each one of us is a roaming vagabond who is psychologically and physically attempting to fine our place in the world. I declare the Out of Africa Theory denotes that all humans have links with our primogenitor African relatives. Cro-Magnon man had a brain size and anatomical skeletal structure similar to us, and is considered to be the first homo sapien. I am interested in the fact, and enjoy studying that on our evolutionary path to become homo sapiens there were human-like species  we interbreed with and we now have anywhere from 10-20 stretches of their DNA on our genome. The Neanderthals and Denisovans are two examples of our mixed relative genetic heritage. It is estimated that genetically a typical European or Asian has 2-4% Neanderthal DNA in their genome. From the Neanderthals we borrowed a gene called OCA2 (formally referred to as P gene) that affects skin color, and we also inherited their genetic material that strengthened the human immune system. Over thousands …

“What is human nature?” was a question asked by E. O. Wilson (1998). According to Wilson, “social scientists as a whole have paid little attention to the foundations of human nature, and they have almost no interest in its deeper origin.”  (1998) Thus, I ask, “What are the origins and the foundations of human nature?” Most of us don’t spend enough time trying to understand what makes for human beings. I contend that the origins of human nature must involve our nature-based Cosmic and biological evolution, and at the individual level will include our cultural evolutionary history. I have come to understand the foundations of human nature must pertain to our nature-based Cosmic and biological inheritance, and at the individual level will include our cultural inheritance. Human origins and foundations came into existence from natural evolutionary and inheritance patterns. We are creatures of Nature and products of evolution and inheritance. We are natural-energy (Big Bang) and life-energy (Big Birth) creatures. Importantly, all cultures interpret this inheritance and goes on to influence how each of us will interact in and with the world. I want to take the time to review some basic concepts related to human nature: 1.) nature comes from the Latin natura and means origin, 2.) nasci is to be born with;  eg. one’s innate disposition or unique character, and 3.) natural pertains to Nature, coming from Nature, or patterns in Nature. Human nature is naturist (DNA – seed) and is shaped and influenced in a nurturist (ENV- soil) …

The Theory of Balanceology took a pivotal turn when I introduced human nature into my theory. I transitioned from focusing on those natural evolutionary and hereditary beginnings of our species, to shifting and acutely focusing on what it means to be human being at our current stage of evolutionary development.  I will be  spending a significant amount of time (i. e. posts) on what I have experienced and learned about being a human at both the personal (Self) and interpersonal (Belonging) levels.  I will discuss human nature (human genome), and what it means to be a human being. In many ways, I could make a case that the Theory of Balanceology has been designed as a philosophical and psychological study of human nature. It is a study where I superimpose Nature on human nature. I have come to realize that homo sapiens have our foundations and origins in Nature. I emphasize that some understanding of Nature and human nature is indispensable in any attempt to comprehend human behavior, and especially important for us to understand our own behaviors. I think most of us are fairly ignorant about human nature. It has taken me a lifetime to better understand the human condition and my own nature. I now know that if I had an earlier appreciation of human nature, it would have made it easier for me to traverse life. I make a case for, and I recommend that if a person aims to succeed in life it is beneficial to …

I have experienced and learned from living that I have strong natural (biological inheritance), and strong environmental (cultural inheritance) forces that are at work within me.  They have been at work in me from conception and will continue until the day I die. From an individual perspective I am a unique person as I go through the developmental stages of life. From a normative perspective I am embedded within my birth culture. From the combination of my/our natural and environmental roots I/we have developed our private world from these gene (DNA) and meme influences (ENV). We have built our personal history and we write our story from these two forces. They are forces that at times we can find in conflict. In some conflicts it takes a deep internal battle to resolve. Burtt maintained that, “out of the accidents of birth, childhood experiences, and family situations – our conscious and unconscious responses to them – we arrive at adulthood with capabilities which differ widely from person to person. We survive as best we can and make the most of our limitations. One may feel free to be aggressive in social situations. Another helpless when dealing in social situation.” (1975) Our private world  includes the very manner in which we perceive our world (worldview), and have a personal philosophy of interacting with the world. Our private world includes Nature’s biological motivational needs, and how we have distinguished these innate needs from our acquired and learned wants. Our journeys are one of building …

In my discussion of inheritance I have addressed Cosmological Inheritance, Biological Inheritance, and Cultural Inheritance.  I now focus on Self-Inheritance. Nature’s make-up pertains to human beings coming from a long cosmological and biological inheritance. We inherit phylogenesis (phylum characteristics), homo sapien (species characteristics), and an ontogenesis (personal characteristics). Nature gives us a shared humanity that allows us to have a shared human commonality. At the same time we all have biologically inherited an individuality that makes us unique from all other human beings who have ever lived. Genetic inheritance is unique in a predispositional sense where some individuals have reactions to certain things like asthma, hay fever, and diabetes. Humans are protean creatures in the sense of having unique physical characteristics such as eye color, hair color, skeletal formation, native IQ, aptitudes, and physical abilities. We all biologically inherit the race we are born into and for many that is now biracial or multiracial. We inherit our sex and our sexual orientation. We inherit introversion or extroversion —> in some cases ambiversion. We inherit our unique personality traits and features they generally fall within the following temperamental patterns: 1.) sanguine (calm, relaxed, pleasant, agreeable, warm, and even-tempered), 2.) phlegmatic (lethargic, laconic, not quick to action, and slow-tempered), 3.) choleric (react quickly, volcanic, easily upset, and hot-tempered), or 4.) melancholic (feeling down, sorrowful, depressed, and having a sad-temperament). Nurture’s make-up  has a major influence on our natural inheritance. Nurture comes from the society we are born into where we inherit cultural …