Brain complexity: learning new tasks (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Saturday, November 18, 2017, 18:12 (2344 days ago) @ David Turell

David: Not according to me re' brain and skull. I'm simply repeating the known history of hominin evolution. And how do you know the brain has reached its optimum size? Are you now agreeing with me that this size brain was a goal?

Correction, according to the currently accepted story of human evolution. The facts are separate from the story used to explain them. The facts are objective, the story is not, and depends on both the context and the larger supporting narrative.

I've often noticed that many of the disagreements between David and DHW revolve around story telling. David focuses on facts, DHW tends to focus on narrative. It is not that either one of you ignore the other side of the coin, merely that your primary focus is different. Perhaps this stems from Davids background in science and DHW's background with literature.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.