Emotions and Evolution: What Would Genes Do? - Antonio Damasio

[thekaxmax]

go watch and read Ramachandran as well. These guys work otgether.

[thekaxmax]

What about Adam & eve? He's not discussing judaic creation stories, he's discussing neuroscience.

[happinesson]

if i am a gene, what would i do? i will multiply myself million many times!

[esraretin]

i agree with top comment i dont like when scientist act like everything is pure

[Kaandorm]

Very interesting, no emotions no survival!

[phonetutor]

Maybe emotions have more inhibited than helped us. Fear, for example, can be irrational and prevent us from being who we can be.

[jawgraphy]

I like this interpretation of emotion -- kind of takes you into cosmology, as well.

[Redcaster916]

what about Adam and Eve

[MrSuckmydck]

@Redcaster916 FUCK YO CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY BITCH

[TrippAngel]

@MrSuckmydck ouch?

[vitorcenturioalmeida]

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[Awhiffofsuspicion]

so fear, joy, spite and love are nothing but trial and error. wonderful, though if it is the case our emotions are evolving, what is the newest or most recently added emotion and what of the nature of future emotions.

[VERMiiNE]

@Awhiffofsuspicion

Paradoxal ones. Like masochism maybe, love hate relationships, need of purity and dirtiness combined etc..., basically what Dostoïevski writes about.

[JJUN1FY]

That made so much sense

[golsno147]

Damasio is still unable to define emotion yet he is clearly now aware of the reality that emotions are fundamental evolutionary processes formulating awareness and understanding of subjective experiences as significant in relation to our srvival instincts..

[pdxeddie1111]

who gives a rip, teach something that matters

[blackiron60]

An interesting argument, but clearly involves a lot of pure speculation - the idea of "what would genes do" immediately takes you into the unknown.

[Ironhoist]

@blackiron60 pure Pseudoscience!

[TheTeachingAtheist]

@blackiron60 Of course it's unknown. It's abstract thinking. This is talk is more scientific philosophy/hypothesis than it is a discussion of established scientific theory.

[humanist7117]

Wow!! The epitome of "thinking outside the box,"

[alexmigda]

Consciousness is like gravity. It is everywhere, but it has centers where it accumulates and which "revolve" around each other, are "pulled" by each other, and ultimately are all part of one grand entity of consciousness.

[alexmigda]

An entity which could progress to a crunch, and realize a very new perspective that transcends the way we see things today. (like the big bang/crunch idea, if I may take the analogy that far) The difference between humans and a future form of consciousness could be as big as the difference between humans and protozoa.

[cmat09]

Have you read what Carl Jung wrote about the collective unconscious? What you said reminded me of his ideas

[cpynch]

@alexmigda

ehhh.... nah.

When you're unconscious you don't have consciousness, when the brain is damaged in certain areas there in no consciousness either.... I don't even think you know what consciousness is.

[alexmigda]

@cpynch It's OK if you don't understand, but there's no reason to make yourself sound stupid.

[cpynch]

@alexmigda

You are a mystic imbecile. Consciousness is a product of the brain, there is no other explanation that can be tested and reviewed.

It's clear you have no idea what consciousness is, why don't you go hop on the astral plane and jerk off your dead grandfather....

[alexmigda]

@cpynch ... and the brain is a product of the universe. Consciousness is not well defined by science. You go ahead and tell me what consciousness is. Again, there's no reason...

ps: Do you really have a mohawk?

[cpynch]

@alexmigda

Consciousness is a series of many different phenomenon that occur in the brain in different areas. The intrinsic properties of consciousness wouldn't exist if the individual parts were separated.

ps. Yes, I really have a mohawk.

[dpaszak]

This really touched me.

[GuppyPal]

Clearly inspired by Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene."

It's a metaphor (can't believe that needs saying).

[albedoshader]

He's applying his neuroscientific findings and theories to an evolutionary perspective.

[allenamerica]

this is completely absurd

[DonQuixotedeKaw]

It's not. All of the most emotional tetrapods extant, also have the highest neural masses relative to body mass. Of the dinosauria for instance, the raptors had the highest known mind to mass relationship, comparable to parrots, dogs, baboons, today. It is highly probable that they were the most emotive creatures of their time. Imperfections of status quo replication of the bioprogramming of an animal, create flexibility for adjustments. Name a better adaptive response trait, than emotion?

[Loveseekingmissile]

is it? what's the most emotional animal on earth? What's the most evolved? Humans.

[globalarte]

It's like a " meme" (an idea - a concept that spreads from person to person)

[TheJawsusNSexmanShow]

cells have emotions?...

[globalarte]

yup ... teenage cells (phones)

[McArrowni]

Yes, bacteria have feelings too.

[riversonthemoon]

Excellent.