Steven Pinker had very interesting views on Evolutionary Psychology. I like how he didn’t intend for his theories to be used to commit acts one would not normally commit. The idea of evolution of psychology is admissible by me. I agree that the mind had evolved through the history of man kind in the ways we react to different situations, for example, were Pinker was talking about punishment for crimes. We have become more cognizant of what are neighbors and others are thinking that we put all our emphasis on “Human Rights”. Pinker also appeared more appealing to me because he thinks philosophy doesn’t prove itself by being answered through religion.
Gerald Edelman on Neural Darwinism was very interesting in the sense of giving a brief lesson on neurology to explain how the conscience works. It is a great lesson on how the brain along with the neurons with the neural synapses works as quickly as they do. It is amazing how much complexity there is in how the brain works and I still can’t fathom how this all happened from a Big Bang. It just goes to show that our consciousness has a lot to do with our environment and how we interact with it.
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