One of humankind's strangest tacit agreements is that grown-up people call themselves "adults". They are not adults, and they know it for themselves. They are overage teenagers in adult bodies. That is why people tend to speak of constant development and growth.…
The article argues that consciousness is an intermediary stage between childhood and adulthood, meant to protect and guide our growth but should eventually disappear. However, due to the rebellion of our defective ancestors against their extinction, consciousness remains and prevents us from…