tag > Evolution
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Grief is stored in the fascia and diaphragm, anger in the jaw and hands, fear in the gut, shame in the shoulders. Trillions of cells & bacteria collaborate in a embodied, extended cognition that makes up “you.” Nature evolved intelligence very different from our current machines.
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“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” - Art by Travis Chapman
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Tree stump and human fingerprint
Human lungs and tree branches
Human nervous system and Tree branches
Human neuron in brain and Plant roots in soil
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Pause for a moment. Take a deep breath. Now ask yourself: why does the information explosion happen right now, in your lifetime? Convenient, isn’t it?
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The computational science community still has a long way to go to realize that the latent space of ideas shaped by evolution is vast & distributed. The West, stuck in a local minimum, is erasing all Indigenous tribes—some of the last sources of truly unique insights.
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Perspective: Ants have been doing agriculture for ~50 million years, cultivating fungi and herding aphids to feed their massive colonies.
