Language Evolution, Symbolic Cognition, Language Acquisition, Brain Development, Origin of the Human Mind | Terrence Deacon | 20
Mind & Matter
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The Paradox of Biological Complexity and the Evolutionary Process
The speaker is working on a book called Falling Up, the Paradox of Biological Complexity, which argues that increased complexity in biology is actually a 'less is more' problem, where things have become more complex by simplifying and becoming more dependent on each other. This forced complexity is described as 'falling up into complexity.' The speaker also suggests rethinking the evolutionary process, using the example of how primates developed three color vision and taste cells responsive to sweet and sour due to the need to consume vitamin C.
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