Friday, October 20, 2006

On the Origin of the Human Mind

The first bipedal ape to be born with a human mind -- went mad.

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  1. Anonymous11:45 PM

    She or he took a bite out of knowledge and had the first existential crisis without coming back from the abyss.

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  2. Indeed -- quite a fruit produced by the tree of knowledge of good and evil. I imagine one would immediately feel alone and, even if joined by someone else, as though you were thrown out of some most fantastic garden and into a great deal of hardship. Only, it was a much better deal in the long run, since our complexity makes for a much more interesting game.

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  3. Not overly relevant but there's an interesting article on bonobos in this month's Snithsonian. Apparentlt they're pretty smart.

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  4. hmm... and nake less typoes then mee.

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  5. I think we have a bridge here for myth and science. Truth and fact can get along or is this too a game played between two teams that never win.

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