Re:The Modern Mind May Be 100k Years Old (2016)
by WalterBright on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @03:58PM
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Human progress has followed an exponential curve. There's no evidence that intelligence has increased along with it.
In order for the mind to conceive of something, first there must be the idea that it is possible. For example, in the 1970's lots of people wondered what a home computer would possibly be good for. The only things people could imagine were storing recipes and balancing one's checkbook. I'm not kidding.
In order for the mind to conceive of something, first there must be the idea that it is possible. For example, in the 1970's lots of people wondered what a home computer would possibly be good for. The only things people could imagine were storing recipes and balancing one's checkbook. I'm not kidding.