Posted by Dr Chaos on October 10, 1999 at 14:07:36:
In Reply to: The brain and evolution posted by Tom on October 10, 1999 at 12:13:32:
Tom
Now the 10% myth as it's called, wouldn't contradict with Darwin, to my understanding. After all, Darwin stated that we basically evolved Apes, and how smart are apes psychologicaly, and how smart were they around the time Darwin suggested that they mutated into us? Obviously, my guess would be not very smart at all, really; relying more on instinct rather than intellect. So, it would be my educated that it doesn't have to contradict with Darwinism at all, because after evolution, instead of still being an instinctive creature like the ape, we are now being to heavily rely on intellect and poetry, in which the simple is basically incapable of. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but that would my theory. As far as the 10/90% is concerned, I understood, that the 90% maybe used but either subconciously or unconciously. Maybe I'm missunderstanding that too, but it's only my guess.