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The Science of Prospection and the Myth of Prometheus
The relatively new Science of Prospection is about how human beings "contemplate the future" and that this trait may be the principle difference that "sets us apart from the other animals" according to a recent article in the New York Times. The central point of the Times article is that "forethought" is what distinguishes humans from other animals. Yet this contemporary cutting-edge concept and its associated science has ancient origins. The notion of human nature and "forethought" goes back thousands of years to the Greek myth of Prometheus whose name meant "forethought" and whose godly life and fate was intertwined with that of the human race.