225 | Michael Tomasello on The Social Origins of Cognition and Agency
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
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Biological Basis of Human Behavior and Cognition
The speaker discusses the biological aspect of human behavior, emphasizing that biological factors contribute to human cognition and behavior. They highlight the presence of biological components in raising a chimp as a human and draw a connection to autism, pointing out missing elements in autism that they are focusing on. The speaker acknowledges the complexity of autism as a spectrum but emphasizes the importance of understanding the nuances, ultimately expressing confidence in humanity's ability to understand the ultimate laws of physics due to a phase transition in human cognition allowing manipulation of symbols and abstraction.
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