RE: What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 8:14 pm
(This post was last modified: February 22, 2017 at 8:18 pm by Aroura.)
Yes, the Flynn effect.
However, haven't we reached some sort of plateau with that? I could swear I read that in the last year or so.
It is tempting to think we are getting dumber, but there isn't really evidence for that. Perhaps our brains are smaller as we've lost parts we weren't using. Old lizard brain stuff, something like that.
Whales have much larger emotional centers, for instance. If that shrunk, they wouldn't necessarily lose overall intelligence, just their heightened emotional intelligence.
Also, are there actually more autistic people? Or is it a combination of more people living who wouldn't have even 150 years ago, combined with broader diagnosis and heightened public awareness?
However, haven't we reached some sort of plateau with that? I could swear I read that in the last year or so.
It is tempting to think we are getting dumber, but there isn't really evidence for that. Perhaps our brains are smaller as we've lost parts we weren't using. Old lizard brain stuff, something like that.
Whales have much larger emotional centers, for instance. If that shrunk, they wouldn't necessarily lose overall intelligence, just their heightened emotional intelligence.
Also, are there actually more autistic people? Or is it a combination of more people living who wouldn't have even 150 years ago, combined with broader diagnosis and heightened public awareness?
(February 22, 2017 at 7:25 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Guys, why do they say that we only use about 4% of our brain capacity? (I use 2% just to tie my shoelaces, lol!)That's an old idea that is a complete misrepresentation of how the brain works. Humans use most of their brains, its just different parts are for different things. We engage all the parts in our lives, but at different times for different activities. I'm on my phone or I could link a nice pic to show. Our brains have very specialized areas!
Why would we evolve like that? It's not like evolution does some forecasting and plans ahead?
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