Good morning, Harry, Keith, Pete, Ray, et al, That must have been quite an interview!
Did he by any chance compare 'evolutionary advantages' of sex and brain? That is, homo sapiens (whew, I nearly wrote 'we') could have relatively mediocre sexual capabilities but such a procreational and evolutionary advantage due to our brains and langauge that we emerged nonetheless. I am not sure I would call homo sapiens dominant, at least not until we have shown that we are capable of resolving the massive social problems we are creating for ourselves. I have been chugging away casually at Wilson's ANT tome and am quite impressed with those little critters. Talk about guaranteed minimum wage and collaboration! Cheers, Lawry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Harry Pollard > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 7:10 PM > To: Ray Evans Harrell; pete; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: The Arts and Reality (was Brain Tutorial) > > > Ray, > > As you have said, this is a most interesting discussion, but properly you > have entered a demurrer or two. > > As I read, I am reminded of the hundreds of radio interviews I've > completed. Perhaps the best of them was the hour with Desmond Morris, > zoologist and author of the best selling "The Naked Ape". > > He told me the most important advantage we had over other species was our > genitalia. We out bred the rest of the animal kingdom. > > Guess we are a sexy lot and it sure beats a full frontal lobe. > > Harry > _______________________________ > > > Ray wrote: > > >Good, now how old is the supralymbic? And where is it located? Is it > >found in the earliest Cro-Magnon skulls? If the Limbic is the oldest > >what is the rhinic? Is the concept of symetricality in the three, > >constant or is there a left and right in the highest function > that relates > >to language and equates correct action with a duality based in the body? > >In short do you like the right because of something in your > brain and does > >the left seem wrong no matter how much you like socialism? (sorry I > >couldn't resist that) > > > >All of these "higher functions" that even my Western teachers > aspouse seem > >to have been around a long time before the "higher skills like literature > >and math" as described by Keith, or is this brain really a result of the > >last 10,000 years or so. Does a large lobe mean intelligence or does a > >small lobe mean intelligence or does anything mean intelligence in this > >mechanically derived world. Is it intelligent to have ever > built the thing > >in the first place? I love psycho-babble. It seems as good as any > >babble for that matter except real language and there is not > much of that in > >evidence these days. > > > >REH > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:15 PM > >Subject: Re: The Arts and Reality (was Brain Tutorial) > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Ray Evans Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >I guess I would say a third thing as well. How old is > this that limbic > > > >lobe? Is it found in Cro-Magnon skulls? > > > > > > The limbic system underlies the cortex. It is very ancient, > and goes back > > > to reptiles. In psychobabble slang, a limbic personality is someone > > > who doesn't properly filter and control their emotions, or consider > > > their actions. > > > -PV > > > > > > > > > > >--- > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 8/2/2002 > > ****************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of LA > Box 655 > Tujunga CA 91042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (818) 352-4141 > Fax: (818) 353-2242 > ******************************* > >
