Comments on: Old Brain, New Brain https://blog.speculist.com/brain/old-brain-new-b.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: doctorpat https://blog.speculist.com/brain/old-brain-new-b.html#comment-9191 doctorpat Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:20:22 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1111#comment-9191 There were control groups (neanderthals, homo-erectus) and they failed some of the selection criteria.

Similarly, some versions that substituted physical strength for prediction ability (orangutans, Gorillas) are also doing poorly.

]]> By: triticale https://blog.speculist.com/brain/old-brain-new-b.html#comment-9190 triticale Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:57:53 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1111#comment-9190 I did a post a while back regarding mammalian anticipation. My son’s canine changed her behavior in a clear response to revised expectations.

]]> By: Phil Bowermaster https://blog.speculist.com/brain/old-brain-new-b.html#comment-9189 Phil Bowermaster Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:58:56 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1111#comment-9189 Putting the neocortex through its paces is also probably the reason we like poker and other games of chance. It has been argued that intelligence — not just human, but all varieties — comes down to a matter of making predictions. The new trick that the mammalian brain learned was really just a refinement of what all nervous systems have been doing all along — trying to anticipate what’s going to happen next in our environment. Games of chance let us play with predictions in a “pure” form.

]]> By: triticale https://blog.speculist.com/brain/old-brain-new-b.html#comment-9188 triticale Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:55:22 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1111#comment-9188 Hey, I’ve done beta testing before. Where do I download a copy to try?

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