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> We don't tell people they can be bad at talking. The brain evolved to communicate effectively with others. It did not evolve to manipulate symbols in a logic
by throwaway1z7d 12y ago
> We don't tell people they can be bad at talking.
The brain evolved to communicate effectively with others. It did not evolve to manipulate symbols in a logical way. We can do it (some of us rather well) since the brain is still quite flexible. But it may account for the difference.
- thanatropism 12y agoThen there's the Molière character I can't remember from Candide who says the nose evolved so we can rest our eyeglasses.
- throwaway1z7d 12y agoThat's funny, but if your serious then your response does not make much sense here. My point is: Language came early in human development and to humans everywhere, without exception. Indeed the need to communicate may have been one of the main selectors justifying the cost (Brains are expensive to run). But many tribes are ok without maths and it has been around for just about three millennia and so could not possibly have had much influence on brain development.
- thesteamboat 12y agoI think you mean Pangloss, who was a parody of Leibniz in Candide who was written by Voltaire. [0] Is there some connection to Molière that I was unaware of, or was that just a brain fart? [0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_all_possible_worlds#Criticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_all_possible_worlds#Cri...
- thanatropism 12y agoI meant Voltaire. I'm an idiot.
- cheery 12y agoWhy so many people are so crap at talking then?