Humanity In Loren Eiseley's 'Spore Bearers'

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Not many would think that a Pilobolus and Humanity are common yet Loren Eiseley persuades the idea that the two are comparable and gives one a negative characterization. In the Spore Bearers by Loren Eiseley, we are presented with multiple anecdotes that propose that humanity has prospered through instincts. On the other hand, Eiseley claims that a Pilobolus has prospered as humanity has but it has done so with a greater success. Each roaming the world in their own unique way has allowed them to be alive for so long. A Pilobolus, which happens to be one of the fastest living things alive, which allows them to travel and start their cycle of life. Humanity is a civilization that has prospered for many years and, according to Eiseley, ‘maybe’ …show more content…

Us humans can only achieve a greater success if we continue to advance. Knowledge is a finite resource that we understand after every new accomplishment is reached. Even Eiseley states, “Moreover the whole invisible pyramid is itself the incidental product of a primitive seed capsule, the human brain, whose motivations alter with time and circumstance.”(Page #9) In other words, Eiseley doesn’t disagree with the fact that humans can succeed depending on the circumstance presented to them. For instance, if humanity advances technologically there could be a point in which they use that advancement to better the lifestyle of civilization. When Eiseley says ‘the human brain, whose motivations alter with time and circumstances.’ You can infer that he believes that the brain’s knowledge, so basically humanity’s knowledge, can be used to change people’s motivation on the presence of life. For instance, finding another planet similar to Earth isn’t impossible, and when the time comes humanities motivation would be driven and contempt due to the possibility of finding a place in which we could prosper for more decades, centuries to …show more content…

(Page #8) They discovered much advancement and could be considered a Golden Age- An age in which success and many academic achievements are achieved-but one day to another they disappeared leaving behind most of their academic finding. Eiseley states, “ Each was self-contained. Each, with the limited amount of wealth and energy at its disposal, placed its greatest emphasis upon some human dream, some lost philosophy, some inner beyond the satisfaction of the needs of the body. Each, in turn, vanished.” (Page #8) In other words, Eiseley is trying to infer that many past civilizations have achieved success but nobody knows what happen to them afterwards because they all disappeared. For instance, the Olmec achieved success and disappeared. The same thing happened to the Mayans, a civilization that also achieved success. On the other hand, Is Eiseley foreshadowing that if we reach our golden age we would also vanish? He could be thinking that the Pilobolus fungi might achieve success as us one day. Yet he still feels strong about Pilobolus being a far better species than mankind. Not, in the sense that they have achieved great technological advancement. In a way that they could understand a complexity which humanity still hasn’t unmasked. The complexity being that they could travel to another exterior with a far greater

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