On Mar 29, 1:00 am, turtoni <turt...@fastmail.net> wrote: The hardware of the human brain has not changed in thousands of years. Only the software has really changed. So the earliest of mankind had the same capabilities of today's man. I thought that was a pretty interesting.. philosophical bent. We might even argue that invention has been on a downward spiral in...

..., 12:33 am, Michael Gordge <mikegor...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: On Mar 29, 2:00 pm, turtoni <turt...@fastmail.net> wrote: The hardware of the human brain has not changed in thousands of years. Only the software has really changed. So the earliest of mankind had the same capabilities of today's man. I ...

...<turt...@fastmail.net> wrote: The hardware of the human brain has not changed in thousands of years. Only the software has really changed. So the earliest of...taken a slight toll on the "hardware", whereas the "software" is improved with a few... genes need not change. genes being the hardware and flinting ability the software. At base we remain very finite and ...

...Mar 2008 22:00:32 -0700 (PDT), turtoni <turt...@fastmail.net> wrote: The hardware of the human brain has not changed in thousands of years. Only the software has really changed. So the earliest of mankind had ...>> I suspect "modern" environments have taken a slight toll on the "hardware", whereas the "software" is improved with a few less false ...

... Gordge <mikegor...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: On Mar 29, 2:00 pm, turtoni <turt...@fastmail.net> wrote: The hardware of the human brain has not changed in thousands of years. Only the software has really changed. So the earliest of mankind had the same capabilities of today's man. I ...

...has not changed, does not mean the brain within has not. Skulls of identical shape... other has more white matter. All human brains are unique - like the human ... born child comes a new unique brain. This is change, unavoidable, inexorable. And ... by a physical change in the brain. There is much secondary evidence for evolutionary change in the brain over longer periods such as 50 ...

...29, 7:33 pm, Michael Gordge <mikegor...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: On Mar 29, 2:00 pm, turtoni <turt...@fastmail.net> wrote: The hardware of the human brain has not changed in thousands of years. Only the software has really changed. So the earliest of mankind had the same capabilities of today's man. I ...

On Mar 29, 2:00 pm, turtoni <turt...@fastmail.net> wrote: The hardware of the human brain has not changed in thousands of years. Only the software has really changed. So the earliest of mankind had the same capabilities of today's man. I thought that was a pretty interesting. And when you recognize also that mankind progressed more in a brief 200 year period from...

... Mar 2008 22:00:32 -0700 (PDT), turtoni <turt...@fastmail.net> wrote: The hardware of the human brain has not changed in thousands of years. Only the software has really changed. So the earliest of mankind had ...> I suspect "modern" environments have taken a slight toll on the "hardware", whereas the "software" is improved with a few less false ...

... or both. The hardware/software distinction is misleading. The brain is no ...basis though. And each person's hardware, though similarly structured, is unique. ... to persoanlity etc..) But all human brains changed yesterday and today. ... what you like to call "software" - daily memories and lived experience. ... sharing stuctural similarities with other humans, is completed unique like a ...