Week 4 - Expert Lecture Posting
Steven Pinker believes that human evolution is very important when it comes to understanding the human brain, as he believes that the human brain has been evolving since the beginning of man. One of the topics that he discussed in this interview was why he believes the human brain evolved the way it did and the differences between the human brain and a machine. He thinks that the human brain evolved to the brain that we have today because of trade, and he backs this with the fact that humans build societies and enjoy the company of others than our own kin, which is different than most of the other species on this planet.
Steven Pinker also spoke about "Kin Selection", and what that particular idea and term means, he stated that most species on this planet only associate with their kin, and do not form communities or societies. They spoke about the "Selfish Gene" and what Dawkins meant in the idea of what a selfish gene would mean.
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