However, vertebrate brains aren't uniform but are constructed out of distinct parts with specific functions. These parts (i.e. cortex, thalamus, hippocampus, cerebellum) work in cooperation with each other. Thus there is some behavioral predictability in each.
To this day, Mongolia has 2 people per square km. In Temujin's day, it was one of the most sparsely populated places on the planet -- but connected to the steppe, a central land. From this wilderness, a horde emerged, enough to overcome everything but itself.pic.twitter.com/MnkvQKMrmM
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Kublai Khan eventually overcame the Chinese rulers, and founded the syncretic Yuan dynasty. If you study language, it is hard to avoid the fact that this formed the central pivot point in Chinese language, history, and political thought. And, moreover, in a move of great wisdom,
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...connected the power of the state and spirituality, elevated the Dalai Lama, chosen of the *children*, elevated above the rest of the Earth, and placed this spiritual power *above* the centralised state authority. Brilliant!
@DalaiLama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet_under_Yuan_rule …pic.twitter.com/tkpuqdB6Yy
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