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Cirque du So-What

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6. I believe humans literally got too smart for their own good

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:34 PM

Mar 2014

having expended too much evolutionary energy on growing an enormous cerebral cortex without developing controls over the limbic system (the 'lizard brain') - replete with territoriality, ritual behavior, aggression and other 'reptile' behaviors.

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Regarding the search for intelligent life, [View all] MoonRiver Mar 2014 OP

LOL Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #1

The universe is probably full of intelligent life Terra Alta Mar 2014 #2

True that! MoonRiver Mar 2014 #4

Evolution seveneyes Mar 2014 #3

Once we reach the sentient level of dolphins, elephants, whales and great apes MoonRiver Mar 2014 #5

I believe humans literally got too smart for their own good Cirque du So-What Mar 2014 #6

Bingo! MoonRiver Mar 2014 #7

We've made our world PATRICK Mar 2014 #11

So snarky, so perfect! nt babylonsister Mar 2014 #8

Beam me up Scotty! kentuck Mar 2014 #9

Bugger all down here on Earth CBGLuthier Mar 2014 #10

This kid agrees... progressoid Mar 2014 #12