Early in human history, there was a great man who tried to reverse the effects of the Sin of the Tree of Knowledge. His name was Noah. After the Flood, he observed a new world and thought it the perfect time to introduce a new paradigm of human existence. If humanity’s fatal flaw was self-consciousness, it could be remedied, he thought, by destroying consciousness. Immediately after disembarking from the Ark, “Noah . . . planted a vineyard. He drank its wine and got drunk” (Genesis 9:20–21). The shameful results of Noah’s foray into wiping out his own consciousness were immediate. When Noah
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