Archive for July 2021
Do brain size and genetics define what we are?
It could be useful to recall also how Stanford University neurologist Robert Sapolsky tells, we humans share 98.9% of our DNA with chimps. [1] The remaining 1.1% codes for olfactory receptors, some having to do with the size of the pelvic arch which allows us to walk upright, for fur and differences in the immune system. But…
Read MoreReturn the National Parks to the Tribes
Motivated by this interesting proposal of David Treuer, here are my thoughts on indigenous cultures. What we may see is a comeback of a way of seeing Nature not too dissimilar from that which was already present in indigenous cultures and has been branded ‘primitive’ by a purely technological culture of ‘progress’. It is a…
Read MoreThinking and feeling beyond complexity
A fascinating talk of Daniel Schmachtenberger on complex systems and how this relates to our society and future. He certainly has a deep understanding of complex dynamical systems and most of what he says makes very much sense. I like how Schmachtenberger puts it: “We have to figure out the win-win game where anyone’s incentive…
Read MoreThe downfall of the philosophy of mind
A very interesting debate between the philosopher of mind David Papineau and neurosurgeon Michael Egnor. I would love to see more of these exchanges instead of philosophers and scientists retiring in their ideological niche. But, considering that Papineau is one of the most renewed philosophers of mind, what this video really reveals is not so…
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