Cognitive Evolution


Neurophilosophy Dialogues: Decoding Laozi and Aristotle in the Modern Mind
Nick Bostrom
[D]umb evolutionary processes have dramatically amplified the intelligence in the human lineage even compared with our close relatives the great apes and our own humanoid ancestors; and there is no reason to suppose Homo sapiens to have reached the apex of cognitive effectiveness attainable in a biological system.
Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Stephen Jay Gould
Why should our nastiness be the baggage of an apish past and our kindness uniquely human? Why should we not seek continuity with other animals for our 'noble' traits as well? ...more
Stephen Jay Gould

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