Intelligence in schools has nothing to do with this topic. The most intelligent person in a school is the most intelligent ant in a colony. Being an intelligent person in high school (at least mine) makes you a step up from (I shall list the percentages by demographic)
Potheads (25%)
Ignorant Black People (35%)
Ignorant White People (10%)
Preps/Jocks (5%)
Children of Illegal Mexican Immigrants (23.5%)
The Mentally Handicapped (3%)
Future Yuppies (1%)
Other (Somewhat) Legitimately Intelligent People (3%)
Kids Who Will Have an AA Degree Before They Get A Diploma (.5%)
Way to go, buddy.
Potheads (25%)
Ignorant Black People (35%)
Ignorant White People (10%)
Preps/Jocks (5%)
Children of Illegal Mexican Immigrants (23.5%)
The Mentally Handicapped (3%)
Future Yuppies (1%)
Other (Somewhat) Legitimately Intelligent People (3%)
Kids Who Will Have an AA Degree Before They Get A Diploma (.5%)
Way to go, buddy.
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When life gives you lemons, FIND A NEW GOD!
When life gives you lemons, FIND A NEW GOD!
Odlov, as much as I agree with you on some other topics, I must say that you are quite wrong about insticts. We are nowhere near reaching the capability to mechanically alter the human brain- it is an organ so complex it is practically an organism in and of itself. And instincts cannot be suppressed. To repress our own instincts would be to remove an entire portion of the brain (the hindbrain)- which, coincidentally enough, also plays a great deal in balance and motor coordination. Also, instincts never "go away". A stimulus experienced on the 15th birthday of an individual that is repeated on their 55th birthday will elicit a very similar response- instincts cannot be removed because they HELP US SURVIVE. As a matter of fact, there are some instincts involved with peripheral vision that archaeology and psychobiology both agree may have been present as early as the early Neolithic era that we still have today. We may no longer need these instincts in today's society, but our ancestors passed them on as a survival trait and they are here to stay. TL/DR Version- We can't remove our instincts because they make it possible to survive.
[Piratez]
I am neither Oyster nor lsl.
I am neither Oyster nor lsl.
Originally Posted by hydrotoxin
Odlov, as much as I agree with you on some other topics, I must say that you are quite wrong about insticts. We are nowhere near reaching the capability to mechanically alter the human brain- it is an organ so complex it is practically an organism in and of itself. And instincts cannot be suppressed. To repress our own instincts would be to remove an entire portion of the brain (the hindbrain)- which, coincidentally enough, also plays a great deal in balance and motor coordination. Also, instincts never "go away". A stimulus experienced on the 15th birthday of an individual that is repeated on their 55th birthday will elicit a very similar response- instincts cannot be removed because they HELP US SURVIVE. As a matter of fact, there are some instincts involved with peripheral vision that archaeology and psychobiology both agree may have been present as early as the early Neolithic era that we still have today. We may no longer need these instincts in today's society, but our ancestors passed them on as a survival trait and they are here to stay. TL/DR Version- We can't remove our instincts because they make it possible to survive.
I did quite a research a few years back. For term paper, nothing less.
You can disregard the biological shape and distribution of brain functions completely - those will all be adjusted/changed in due time.
When you look at it from evolutionary perspective, instincts come and go just like the shape of our body. Only ones which stayed with us since bacterium stage are: survival and reproductive ones. We are now slowly entering the age of transhumanism, or man-guided evolution. Advances in nanotechnology and anatomy will allow wonderful things. Who is to say which instincts will stay and which will be suppressed when your intelligence is multiplied by 5000? We will find out. Anyway, i won't blabber on about transhumanism and perspectives, but you see where I'm going with it.
Perhaps in due time our brain structure will change- but you and I will be long dead before this happens. As for transhumanism, it too has existed since the Neolithic age (Epic of Gilgamesh sound familiar?), and while the desire to become more than human is as strong as ever, we still do not have the technology to make it possible. While I see exactly where you are coming from, and agree to an extent, I try to keep things present-tense, because the aspects of transhumanism that you are alluding to are far, far away. Nanotechnology is still in it's infancy, the only part of the Darwinistic theory of biological (not transhumanistic) evolution that has been shown true is microevolution. Eventually, once we reach a Class One (maybe even Class Two) civilization status as a planetary population, we might be able to alter our own bodies to the extent of actually physically altering brain structure, but that is thousands of years away.
[Piratez]
I am neither Oyster nor lsl.
I am neither Oyster nor lsl.
