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If humans reach sexual maturity around age 12 or 13 on average, what prevented us from becoming like other mammals who:
>Reproduce immediately upon reaching maturity >Reproduce often, as in every year, until they are no longer able
Obviously there are limiting factors in the environment, the whole deal with carrying capacity, and the fact that not every individual actually reproduces all the time. But was there ever a point or will there ever be a point where humans are basically reduced to the reproductive rate and activity of something like a rodent? What prevented that from happening?
Dumbass here, and I ask for /sci/s knowledge. I plan to get the JJ vaccine in the coming days, but one thing keeps sticking with me: The fact that most people who get the vaccine claim it "kicks their ass".
I've gotten plenty of vaccines for school and a few flu vaccines, but none of them ever had any effects like that. It gets even more concerning when all the articles about it just hand wave it away and say don't worry about it. Whats the fucking deal?
How much petrol would it take to accelerate a ship that’s big enough to accomodate and feed several humans for 5 years to the speed of light? Then double it
>Spirituality and drugs were strictly related in many ancient civilizations. I have a simple theory of why. The mystical experience corresponds (roughly) to a paralysis of the neocortex. Both hallucinogenic drugs and collective hysteria cause a paralysis of the neocortex. >The neocortex is the evolutionarily newer part of the brain, that is (mostly) unique to humans. The older part of the human brain is very similar to the brains of the other mammals, and the very old part of the human brain is still basically the same brain of reptiles. Thus a human brain whose neocortex is disabled behaves largely like the brain of a mammal. If that "is" the mystical experience, then the mystical experience must be widespread among animals, and, since there is no neocortex to balance it with a rational experience, it might fundamentally be the "only" state of their mind. >Basically, not only do cats "experience god", but they do it all the time. They constantly live in an hallucinated present. >The effect of the neocortex is to make sense of the mystical experience like it makes sense of everything else that happens. Thus humans create very complex rituals and religions, which other animals don't.
Can I get some more information on this? I can't find much about the relationship of hallucinogens and the neocortex, I'm not sure if he's just talking out of his ass here.
How do I get over the fact that we all are complex biological automata and all our actions and thoughts are determined by how structured our brain is, our neurons are interconnected and hormones and neurotransmitters that alter the outcomes?
