calling this “symbolic processing” assumes a particular theory of mind, and I think it is mistaken
Interesting. Can you elaborate or link to something?
Susan Blackmore argues that what originally caused the “huge increase in optimization power” was memes—not symbolic processing—which probably started up a bit later than the human cranium’s expansion did.
Susan Blackmore argues that what originally caused the “huge increase in optimization power” was memes—not symbolic processing—which probably started up a bit later than the human cranium’s expansion did.