If Knowledge Is Influenced By The Past, Would Human Nature A Historical Construct-Be Different?

In my presentation, I will be discussing if knowledge is influenced by the past, would ‘human nature’ - an historical construct - be different, if past events had turned out differently. Firstly, evolutionary psychology views ‘human nature’ as the foundation of the survival of the species. However, as acknowledge by Freud, ‘human nature’ is essentially in conflict – consisting of an unconscious mind (our biological instincts transformed in the name of civilisation), an Ego (conscious rational part, the product of taming one’s identity); and the Superego (an agency that promotes guilt). This idea, which I accept and will use, will be further explored with its connection to history, which is the study of past events and how past events with different outcomes, alter human nature and future decisions. My real life situation is the following: from April to July in 1994, a mass slaughter of the ethnic grouping known as Tutsi occurred, killing over 800,000 people, this event through history has become known as the Rwandan genocide. Events of the Rwandan Genocide was essentially ignored by the rest of the world, especially the United

These outcomes are significant to the real-life situation, because if US intervention of Somalia was to have turned out differently, then the ‘human nature’ which lead the world to ignore the Rwandan Genocide, could’ve been the same ‘human nature’ which told then to intervene once again. This significance extends to other real-life situations, such as the attack on American soil known as 9/11. This is because if 9/11 was to not occur, then the ‘human nature’ which then caused the US to fight a War on Terror, would also not have occurred leaving the US and the world extremely vulnerable to even more horrific