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Sadly it didn't explain why they don't hold elections, it somewhat talks about abstraction but never explores the concept. The "compression" (whatever that is)
by type0 6y ago
Sadly it didn't explain why they don't hold elections, it somewhat talks about abstraction but never explores the concept. The "compression" (whatever that is) described in the article with the neuron analogy isn't limited to humans. Then I don't even understand how a psychologists can misrepresent neuronal communication in such a terrible way.
> Your brain compresses away the physical differences of these objects and in the process, you understand that they have a similar function.
That's abstraction again. In many animals the compression is probably even stronger, the tiger looks on the elephant with a human riding on top and still approximates it to a somewhat strange looking elephant, because it's good enough, for a tiger it's better to focus all the attention on gazelles instead and succeed in hunting.
- toss1 6y agoExactly! The "Compression" mentioned in the article is actually an extremely deep, and old and pervasive system common to all animals. There are too many such filtering and sorting functions at everything from the neuron-neuron level up to different central nervous system nodes and sub-organs filtering and directing the attention of various sensors. E.g., there is a center completely away from the visual cortex that independently controls the attention and direction of the eyes on a millisecond basis. It still functions in people who are corticaly blind (damaged visual cortex), and creates interesting phenomena. It does seem that the author is talking more about abstraction, and never really makes the connection trumpeted in the headline, so a bit disappointing.