tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post8944300097268237499..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: Message from Paul GildingGail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-56204493260839270382009-09-10T22:01:34.896-04:002009-09-10T22:01:34.896-04:00Nah. The mere fact that you possess the ability t...Nah. The mere fact that you possess the ability to think, means all the unthinkers have some other problem.<br /><br />Sometimes you see this, oh, we're not programmed to deal with long term effects and react only short term.<br /><br />How to explain the EU community being so far ahead of the US?<br /><br />Maybe brainwashing, the teevee, the ownership of the corporations?<br /><br />Send more on EOWilson!Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-24625461532908523422009-09-10T21:28:57.861-04:002009-09-10T21:28:57.861-04:00Listening to E O Wilson yesterday at Harvard, I wa...Listening to E O Wilson yesterday at Harvard, I was reminded of the human brain having evolved from the ape's, and still having essentially the same chracteristics. Hence, he raised the concern that we may have not evolved enough to concern ourselves with the long-term abstract reasoning necessary to truly understand the implications of global warming. So, whereas there is a tendency to assume that everyone's brain functions similarly, in reality, there are great differences. I, for example, remember future dates and times with great clarity, possessing a short-term calendar in my head, and am often not tolerant of those who do not. Perhaps, then, I need to forgive all the deniers, doubters, and oblvious persons as their brains can simply not process such abstract concepts as climate change. Perhaps it's not really their fault, just their short-sighted neurons. Perhaps the, there is no hope because our collective brains, when averaged, lack the capacity to deal with this.Mossyhttp://www.gwenet.orgnoreply@blogger.com