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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
How is it irreconcilable?
Some species has to have the most neurons in their cerebral cortex, and it happens to be us (so far, anyways).
I find the conclusion that that somehow separates us from the other species to be incredibly arrogant.
And considering all the evidence of similarity between species, with differences being more of a spectrum of incremental change (as opposed to outright fundamental differences in design and construct), I would also call it naïve.
(these are my views of your statement, not of you)
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There's nothing arrogant about it, as sure as we are about things like the big bang and evolution, those 16 billion neurones in our cerebral cortex constitute more than a incremental change from all other species and the leading scientific explanation for what separates us. such a big difference that we devote 25% of our daily energy consumption to our brains. ~10x that of other mammals.