Maybe, we just don't know! One hypothesis for example claims the exact opposite, that we started living with more people so we could "outsource" some efforts to others.
it's hard for me to imagine tribes & clans dramatically gaining size ~100Kyrs ago to the extent that it would make such a dramatic, species-wide difference in brain size.
I would tend to guess the reasons were multifactorial, at least. Possibly environmental changes and interbreeding (there were five other humans back then IIRC) were factors.
We're clearly much more intelligent than those stupid hunter-gatherers who spent a tiny portion of their days doing needed work and the rest of the time having wild parties and daring each other to eat new plants and try sitting on the back of random animals to see which ones are sort of okay with it.
We have smart phones and a constant string of fight-or-flight triggers for things we can't actually do anything about every day.
To mockery for sure. The minute I stop being able to look around myself and laugh at the thoughtless horrors and countless tribes who all believe they're righteous and welcoming yet all spit hate at anyone who doesn't chant their accepted manifesto I'll probably eat a shotgun.
Thatâs some pretty mean things to say about people you donât know on the internet. By your own words you are the one spitting hate here. Doing that is probably not helping you either in the long run. I hope life gets better for you. Trust me, youâre not the only one having a shitty day/week/life.
The spitting hate was referring to the tribalist nonsense of seeing anyone who doesn't quote their specific manual on how to act, what words to use, and how to use those words as evil monsters. I'm always going to make fun of people who get upset about a joke they don't approve of. That could probably be called dismissive, but not hateful.
That was not the point I was trying to make. I think our intelligence is likely very similar to those of our Stone Age ancestors. If they were smarter I wouldnât be surprised. What I was trying to say is that while there is some correlation with brain size and intelligence, you cannot determine intelligence on brain size alone. Men tend to have larger brains than women but similar cognitive abilities. Donât put words in my mouth I didnât say.
Interesting how you keep twisting my words to make me say things I didnât say. What part of the word ânecessarilyâ do you not understand? Iâve got bigger problems in my life right now. Go be a dick to someone whoâs got time for your nonsense.
Large brain does not necessarily equal more intelligence.
You said that trying to refute a clear joke. You jumped in, on your own, trying to say I'm wrong about a joke and now you're accusing me of being a dick.
If you have bigger problems in life than this at the moment, you should probably be dealing with those. To make things easier, I'll add you to my block list so I can't see or reply to anything else from you.
You should. Because then you might learn and understand why your comment is so stupid and gets downvoted. But I guess you want humans to stay stupid, starting with yourself.
There's a difference between acknowledging human population is collapse down to less than 20% its current size in the next century and possibly go extinct and saying we deserve to, we're stupid, and we should stop trying to make things better.
Well humans are overly susceptible to greed and selfishness despite strong evidence proving its self-destructiveness, as we can see. We should definitely keep trying to change the dominant culture because thatâs all we got left, but OP does have a point, isall Iâm saying.
You're just saying that because you're fat. And anything you try to say to convince me otherwise will be further proof that you are fat, because it's what I have decided. Checkmate!
31 Comments
jlow@slrpnk.net · 23 pts · 14d
We got better compression algorithms, probably đ¸
solo@piefed.social · 11 pts · 14d
Maybe, we just don't know! One hypothesis for example claims the exact opposite, that we started living with more people so we could "outsource" some efforts to others.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 4 pts · 14d
it's hard for me to imagine tribes & clans dramatically gaining size ~100Kyrs ago to the extent that it would make such a dramatic, species-wide difference in brain size.
I would tend to guess the reasons were multifactorial, at least. Possibly environmental changes and interbreeding (there were five other humans back then IIRC) were factors.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 14d
Brain size has nothing to do with intelligence.
Elephants are not building datacentres.
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 14d
Sounds like a better idea honestly.
Tiresia@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 12d
Okay, fair, but elephants still die of tooth decay.
Okay, fair, but elephants still don't have secure access to food.
Okay, fair, but elephants can't protect themselves from rich poachers.
Okay, fair, ...
blu3b3rryblue@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 13d
Sounds like elephants are more intelligent than many humans
expatriado@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 14d
i think the trend continues
poVoq@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 13d
I think the likely reason is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-domestication
Abyssian@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 13d
Ever look around and wonder how a species so fucking stupid managed to take over the planet? We had a good run, time to hand our keys to the Dolphins.
SageLilia@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 13d
Large brain does not necessarily equal more intelligence.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 13d
Thank you, Dr. Social Media Scientist.
We're clearly much more intelligent than those stupid hunter-gatherers who spent a tiny portion of their days doing needed work and the rest of the time having wild parties and daring each other to eat new plants and try sitting on the back of random animals to see which ones are sort of okay with it.
We have smart phones and a constant string of fight-or-flight triggers for things we can't actually do anything about every day.
Fawkes@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 12d
Do you engage in all discussions by misrepresenting the other side and jumping immediately to mockery?
Abyssian@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 12d
To mockery for sure. The minute I stop being able to look around myself and laugh at the thoughtless horrors and countless tribes who all believe they're righteous and welcoming yet all spit hate at anyone who doesn't chant their accepted manifesto I'll probably eat a shotgun.
SageLilia@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 12d
Thatâs some pretty mean things to say about people you donât know on the internet. By your own words you are the one spitting hate here. Doing that is probably not helping you either in the long run. I hope life gets better for you. Trust me, youâre not the only one having a shitty day/week/life.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 12d
The spitting hate was referring to the tribalist nonsense of seeing anyone who doesn't quote their specific manual on how to act, what words to use, and how to use those words as evil monsters. I'm always going to make fun of people who get upset about a joke they don't approve of. That could probably be called dismissive, but not hateful.
SageLilia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 12d
That was not the point I was trying to make. I think our intelligence is likely very similar to those of our Stone Age ancestors. If they were smarter I wouldnât be surprised. What I was trying to say is that while there is some correlation with brain size and intelligence, you cannot determine intelligence on brain size alone. Men tend to have larger brains than women but similar cognitive abilities. Donât put words in my mouth I didnât say.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 12d
Right, sort of like how I never said that a smaller brain necessity correlates to less intelligence?
SageLilia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 12d
Interesting how you keep twisting my words to make me say things I didnât say. What part of the word ânecessarilyâ do you not understand? Iâve got bigger problems in my life right now. Go be a dick to someone whoâs got time for your nonsense.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 12d
You said that trying to refute a clear joke. You jumped in, on your own, trying to say I'm wrong about a joke and now you're accusing me of being a dick.
If you have bigger problems in life than this at the moment, you should probably be dealing with those. To make things easier, I'll add you to my block list so I can't see or reply to anything else from you.
SageLilia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 12d
Ah, I see. Schroedingerâs Asshole. When I call you out on being a dick you go âItâs just a joke, broâ. Have a nice life.
solo@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 13d
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Abyssian@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 13d
No thanks.
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 12d
You should. Because then you might learn and understand why your comment is so stupid and gets downvoted. But I guess you want humans to stay stupid, starting with yourself.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 12d
Ahh, Lemmy. Where if you don't read and bow at the altar of the manifesto of each one of the little cults you're an awful monster.
blu3b3rryblue@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 13d
Damn people in this sub are collapse-phobic? Why so many downvotes
Tiresia@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 12d
There's a difference between acknowledging human population is collapse down to less than 20% its current size in the next century and possibly go extinct and saying we deserve to, we're stupid, and we should stop trying to make things better.
blu3b3rryblue@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 11d
Well humans are overly susceptible to greed and selfishness despite strong evidence proving its self-destructiveness, as we can see. We should definitely keep trying to change the dominant culture because thatâs all we got left, but OP does have a point, isall Iâm saying.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 13d
People down vote because someone pointing out that they're mostly fairly stupid makes them sad.
Fawkes@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 12d
You're just saying that because you're fat. And anything you try to say to convince me otherwise will be further proof that you are fat, because it's what I have decided. Checkmate!
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 12d
We are indeed stupid enough to post dumb comments on the internet like yourself.
But I wouldn't say humans in general are stupid.