Comments on: Speed of Information http://www.neoteny.org/2009/11/09/speed-of-information/ The American Left, Societal Transformation, and Biological Evolution Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sanfter Tourismus http://www.neoteny.org/2009/11/09/speed-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-3051 Sanfter Tourismus Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:18:42 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=569#comment-3051 <strong>Nachhaltiger Tourismus...</strong> Cerebral Lateralization, corpus callosum, autism, language and handedness | Neoteny, sexual selection, cause of autism, human evolution, social transformation, left organizing and internet activism - how they all connect... Nachhaltiger Tourismus…

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]]> By: Andrew http://www.neoteny.org/2009/11/09/speed-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-2418 Andrew Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:53:41 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=569#comment-2418 If I remember Jayne's right, it was partly a study of externalization of internal dialog and eventual recognition that the other voice in your mind might be your own. I'm not sure. Nevertheless, that's not exactly what I'm talking about, though Jayne was pretty damn interesting. If I remember Jayne’s right, it was partly a study of externalization of internal dialog and eventual recognition that the other voice in your mind might be your own. I’m not sure. Nevertheless, that’s not exactly what I’m talking about, though Jayne was pretty damn interesting.

]]> By: Jon Gluckman http://www.neoteny.org/2009/11/09/speed-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-2417 Jon Gluckman Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:41:48 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=569#comment-2417 This reminded me of Julian Jayne's "Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind," a theory not held in high repute, I believe. But it begged (by raising) the question of when "consciousness" arose and why--and possibly how often. I hazily recall him placing it in the era of Homeric horrors (based purely on unscientific (inevitably) textual evidence). If consciousness confers evolutionary advantage, then "we" must have changed a lot since then--but what about all the humans living elsewhere in the world? No, it seems more likely, does it not, that the early humans hotfooting it out of Africa already had "I" in their vocabulary. Is conscious merely potential in us, activated by culture/socialization? What was with the French "wild child" in that regard? This reminded me of Julian Jayne’s “Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind,” a theory not held in high repute, I believe. But it begged (by raising) the question of when “consciousness” arose and why–and possibly how often. I hazily recall him placing it in the era of Homeric horrors (based purely on unscientific (inevitably) textual evidence). If consciousness confers evolutionary advantage, then “we” must have changed a lot since then–but what about all the humans living elsewhere in the world? No, it seems more likely, does it not, that the early humans hotfooting it out of Africa already had “I” in their vocabulary. Is conscious merely potential in us, activated by culture/socialization? What was with the French “wild child” in that regard?

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