In our own species’ evolution, as we have become more intelligent, we have become more able to act as agents that do not follow pre-ordained goals but rather choose our own.
I guess this actually reinforces your main point, but this sentence sounds very wrong. For example it’s much easier to conduct an experiment in humans than in monkeys. Even when properly trained and with ongoing water restriction they frequently say fuck you, in less words, but they meant it, and you know they meant it, and they know that you know, and that’s what it is for today. In human you spend 30’ explaining your subject they can withdraw at any time and keep the money, then they work pretty hard anyway, just because you asked them to! So, is there any line of evidences or thoughts that lead you to the opposite idea, or you were just starting from a misconception so as to fight it?
(Also, did you read Sapiens? Harari made some good point defending the idea that our success was large scale coordination through shared myths, aka one need to be intelligent enough before one can believe vengeful gods don’t want you to have sex with someone, or that some piece of paper can be worth something more than a piece of paper.)
That’s pretty interesting about monkeys! I am not sure I 100% buy the nyths theory, but it’s certainly the case that developing language to talk about events that are not immediate in space or times is essential to coordinate a large scale society
I guess this actually reinforces your main point, but this sentence sounds very wrong. For example it’s much easier to conduct an experiment in humans than in monkeys. Even when properly trained and with ongoing water restriction they frequently say fuck you, in less words, but they meant it, and you know they meant it, and they know that you know, and that’s what it is for today. In human you spend 30’ explaining your subject they can withdraw at any time and keep the money, then they work pretty hard anyway, just because you asked them to! So, is there any line of evidences or thoughts that lead you to the opposite idea, or you were just starting from a misconception so as to fight it?
(Also, did you read Sapiens? Harari made some good point defending the idea that our success was large scale coordination through shared myths, aka one need to be intelligent enough before one can believe vengeful gods don’t want you to have sex with someone, or that some piece of paper can be worth something more than a piece of paper.)
That’s pretty interesting about monkeys! I am not sure I 100% buy the nyths theory, but it’s certainly the case that developing language to talk about events that are not immediate in space or times is essential to coordinate a large scale society