RE: Calculus, Logic, Music and the Human Brain
October 7, 2011 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2011 at 11:14 am by The Grand Nudger.)
You don't give our pre-history a fair shake. In a sparsely populated environment an omnivore like ourselves (equipped with the tools and numbers we love so dearly) probably spent very little time gathering food. That's what gave us so much time to think about shit like fire, sharp sticks, and maybe growing a few of those tasty red things over there instead of hunting them down. Problem is there was no reliable way of retaining this knowledge (as another poster indicated) and so only the super useful shit stuck with us until we came up with a better way to retain ideas. Consider the vast understanding of the world that was necessary to our paleolithic ancestors. We've honestly only been building on top of that foundation. Gathering all the data in the first place was the hard part.
(I've probably mentioned this in another thread, but the transition from hunter gatherer to agricultural (making civilization even remotely possible) was not a smooth one. Hunter gatherers by and large lived healthier lives, unless and until they starved to death)
(I've probably mentioned this in another thread, but the transition from hunter gatherer to agricultural (making civilization even remotely possible) was not a smooth one. Hunter gatherers by and large lived healthier lives, unless and until they starved to death)
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