Jan 8, 2023
Modern humans have a youthful brain, and this "Peter Pan syndrome" is also seen in Neanderthals.
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Modern humans have a youthful brain, and this "Peter Pan syndrome" is also seen in Neanderthals.
By moving in a direction of off-sourcing brain resources or augmenting them with inorganic substrate (technology), we are destroying our brain’s ability to naturally evolve these upgrades by not creating an environment conducive to its evolution. By not forcing the brain to upgrade, and by placing these tasks on machines, the brain will never upgrade. We may one day become dependent on technology as our brain loses its capacity to function.
Scienceknowledge
Small But Distinct Differences Among Species Mark Evolution of Human Brain
The most dramatic divergence between humans and other primates can be found in the brain, the primary organ that gives our species its identity.
The research is in Science. (full access paywall)
Gettin in on the Nier Automata discourse
13 – Las frutas o los amigos
/ En este episodio, nuestro tema principal fue la evolución de un aspecto del cerebro humano: ¿en su historia tuvo más peso la dieta o la complejidad social que debía procesar? Platicamos sobre primates subidos a las ramas, sociedades de distintos tipos y frutos rojos sobre fondos verdes. También hablamos de un escalofriante estudio que sugiere que tres de los virus más temidos, Zika, dengue y el del Nilo, podrían hacer equipo dentro de nuestros cuerpos; y del descubrimiento de con qué parte del cuerpo las abejas perciben los campos magnéticos de la Tierra. ¡Ah! Y claro, no pudimos evitar que Pach mencionara a Elon Musk, porque #amor.
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Menú
01:47 - Falcon 9, el cohete de Elon Musk que cuesta muchísimo menos.
05:56 - Abejas y el campo magnético de la Tierra.
15:58 - El virus del Zika, el del dengue y el del Nilo podrían estar echándonos montón.
30:49 – El dilema de la historia del cerebro primate: ¿las frutas o los amigos?
51:13 – Despedida y métodos de contacto.
Fuentes y sitios de interés
Falcon 9:
Página del Falcon 9 (en inglés) - http://www.spacex.com/falcon9
Noticia - https://hipertextual.com/2017/03/cohete-reciclado-falcon-9-aterriza-exito
Abejas e imanes:
Noticia (en inglés): http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2017/mar/27/honey-bees-navigate-using-magnetic-abdomens
El equipo de tres virus:
Noticia: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2017/mar/27/honey-bees-navigate-using-magnetic-abdomens
El cerebro primate:
Noticia: http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/2017/03/27/58d92499e5fdeab2588b4584.html
Artículo original: https://www.nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0112
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Medium: https://jnnielsen.medium.com/the-upper-bound-of-the-self-c51c1300a6b6
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_View_from_Oregon/comments/1kpqbuo/the_upper_bound_of_the_self/