1-2g1c2a ヒトの特殊性は情報処理能力そのものではなく、情報を記号により外部化する能力にある

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• おそらくヒトの大脳の充実がもたらした

  • 10-2g1f2b The brain and symbols evolved reflexively to enhance communication to deal with cultural and sexual selectional pressures.
    • 1-1a2a1 Human nature is variable (Cultures ⇒ Flexible human brains ⇒ Variable dark matters ⇒ Variable ‘human natures’ ⇒ Cultures …)

• 1-1a2e3 Cultures are evolution’s ultimate solution to the problem of providing adaptive flexibility

  • 10-1b6 Culture ⇒ Culturally invented symbols ⇒ Language (Culture invents things. Everyone is part of a culture. Every individual learning take place within culture. Every invention is built up over time, including language.)
    • 10-2g2c1 Symbols are universal. Being arbitrary and contingent means it can represent anything, and do everything.
      • 10-2g2c1a Universality of symbols - if one specie can manipulate symbols, then that species can understand any other species who also use symbols

• 9-4b2a1d0 情報には文脈がある = 情報文化は区切りでできている (digit) = 情報における分節の重要性

  • 情報 = 区別
    • 9-4b2a1d0.1 Digitization (articulation) is a play with contingency (i.e., ‘could have been’-s)
    • 10-1b4f Digitization implies displacement and composability

• 10-2g2c1 Symbols are universal. Being arbitrary and contingent means it can represent anything, and do everything.

  • 10-2g2 Culture invents symbols, and the core of language is the symbol
    • 10-2g3d1 Humans do stupid things because we can guess and create meanings. Our ability comes with a great cost of potentially doing very (infinitely) stupid things.

• 10-2g1d Humans are the apex predators because we plan, share knowledge, and leave knowledge for future generations, by talking to each other. We are knowledge-oriented.