The Road to Sapiens Anthropology and human history https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~cpd/history.html?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew Theories on the birth of human “intelligence” The passing of experience through language to create group knowledge. The structure of a journey represents to process of venturing out into new territory, overcoming an obstacle, and returning with new information or reward. Stories these days add failure …
Category Archives: The Origin of Sapiens
Our Social History
Our Social History Will Storr: The Brain Is a Status-Seeking Storyteller (Email from Rebel Wisdom) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwcjVwT-bc0&t=1s “Connection isn’t enough for humans. We’re not happy to just connect and be likeable but useless. We want to feel of value. We want to rise up a status hierarchy.” Will Storr is a journalist and author who has …
Our Technological History
Our Technological History Burn Notes The Technology Tsunami Over time, we manipulated the metabolisms of our domesticated plants to divert their energy into the starches and sugars that fuel our bodies. Today, the fruits and vegetables we find in the market look like grotesque energy-packed carnival freaks compared to their wild ancestors. We played the …
The Sapien Rabbit Hole
The Sapiens Rabbit Hole Stoned ape theory & the immortality key (psychedelics and religion), increased brain size and coastal living, fire and protein availability, etc.
The Alien’s Guide to the Human
The Alien’s Guide to the Human An unbiased analysis of the human species. High surface area skin to increase contact with the external world, sensory integration, and future prediction model with a default threat response system. Cooperative selfishness and hive mind being restricted by fear (highlight individuality to increase difference, preventing assimilation).
Evolution & Genetics
Evolution & Genetics Sapolsky: Sexual selection and reproductive fitness Kinship and degree of relatedness Reciprocal altruism. Must be smart enough to remember each other and their interactions. Must be long lived. Cooperation, cheating, detecting cheating. Caveat: bacteria still do tit for tat and reciprocal interaction. Game theory. Prisoner’s dilemma Optimizing genetics for the given environment. …
Energy Factories
Energy Factories Mitochondria http://thehumanoperatingmanual.com/mitochondria-and-the-future-of-medicine-the-key-to-understanding-disease-chronic-illness-aging-and-life-itself/ Mineral Fix notes Minerals Driving Energy Production In total, there are up to 22 vitamins and minerals that support mitochondrial enzymes and are needed for energy production. Minerals also help to activate antioxidant enzymes that protect the mitochondria from oxidative stress. Deficiencies in these minerals can lead to a reduction in …
Emergence & Complexity
Emergence & Complexity https://quantumgravityresearch.org/emergence-theory-overview/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_energy_principlehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_information_theoryhttps:// www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01041/fullhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29729890/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027322972100054X
Entropy
Entropy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34385400/ Connection between the universal demonstration of entropy and our micro example. Our role as an entropy accelerator rather than a resistor. Complexity theory, feedback loops, Jeremy England theory, mitochondrial synergy. Once we have an averaged energy systems model to detect dysfunction/metabolic leakage, we should be able to use computational neuroscience to replicate and …
Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy Author: Herman Pontzner Topics: Nutrition, exercise, anthropology, human energetics All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized it incorrectly. These notes are only for reference, and …