Humans as a Social Super Computer
Homo Sapiens (literally, “wise man”) are only “wise” because we redistribute most cognitive operations to others; we readily observe and copy the successful and can encode (most of) that knowledge for others to use. For example, if someone discovers how to grow corn, other humans watch the process and imitate their success; they do not waste cognit
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