It is infuriating, but we might ponder how natural evolution transforms species only by working with what it has. The human brain was thus built from cruder foundations. Likewise, the enlightened individuals emerge from unenlightened herds. Where else could they come from? Gnostic myths picture them dropping from the sky or being born as demigods from liasons between gods and mortals. But no, it's just a matter of certain mutations like introversion, oversensitivity, anxiety, and perhaps genius, which alienate certain individuals from their environment, turning them into antisocial hyper-observers. There's no creation from nothing here, but a changing of forms, a gradual enlightening of the mob.