TOI 2

First Order Intelligence:

  • Our biological inheritance
  • Genetic intelligence
  • Hard-wired
  • Based on natural selection
  • Governed by our limbic brain
  • Rooted in our physical body
  • Experienced through our senses and our feelings
  • An integrated intelligence
  • A gift from our ancestors
  • All non-domesticated mammals are fine examples of First Order Intelligence
“The things we know best are the things we haven’t been taught.” ~ Marquis de Vauvenargues

What was it like to live guided by First Order Intelligence?
Crüe and Amai – an example . . .

“We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.” ~ Syrus

What is Second Order Intelligence like?