As such, our civilization defines a hard ceiling to how intelligent humans can get to be at this time - we're part of a big collective brain
I don't think brains are that smart when considered in isolation; most of what makes us smart is externalized as what we call "civilization"
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indeed! worth reading Lewis Thomas essay - http://www.kith.org/journals/jed/2013/01/22/14361.html …
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Culture is the present term; civilization is all the terms you can traverse.
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Check out "Being There" by philosopher Andy Clark, esp. the discussions around scaffolding and embodiment. 100% agree!
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I can't even do long division without pencil and paper (culture, technology)
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You do realize that civilization is the byproduct of the brain. It can only be judged as is. Chop it into pieces & its just a bunch of atoms
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Which civilization in its turn was created by our minds (collective brains etc ) and so forth ...
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Yup, the extended mind theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extended_Mind …
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Yes... brains + tools >> brains alone
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@mkrobot Huntington vindicated?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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