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Re:Single-dose testosterone administration increases prefere... by vokep on Thursday July 05, 2018 @06:01PM (#17467248)
When you think about it though, for all our sophistication we...

>Can only hold ~7 unique items in mind

>Have relatively low resolution memory, and instead of just seeing it like that, unsure/unknown details are filled in almost arbitrarily

>Are absolutely entirely single threaded - best form of multitasking is quick switching at a rate that obscures the switching - switching is still occurring though and is observable

>Use language with lots of complexity maybe, but in simple algorithmic/programmed ways (grammer isn't straightforward, but lots of typical interactions are basically algorithms we naturally act out)

We are a collection of narrow intelligences which are quite powerful, and when combined result in a working general intelligence (to different degrees of success). That general intelligence sees the power of the narrow bits that make it up and proclaims "wow, I am complex and powerful" when its really just the cobbled together result.

Re:Single-dose testosterone administration increases prefere... by Florin_Andrei on Thursday July 05, 2018 @07:00PM (#17467594)
On the flip side, we can also come up with Plato's dialogues, general relativity, La Gioconda, and the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.