From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 9:19:20 AM UTC-4, Malcolm McMahon wrote:    
   > On Thursday, 29 September 2016 13:10:43 UTC+1, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most   
   Humble Philosopher  wrote:    
   > > Great metaphor of the sheep they themselves admit.    
   >    
   > The neocortex is, I think, where "second thoughts" come from.    
   >    
   > I was walking up the side of the River Ouse last week, watching a dog on the   
   other side. He and his human were on a raised concrete landing, a couple of   
   foot above the water level. You could see the impulse to jump in, being   
   blocked by the calculation    
   that there was no easy way to climb out. He kept trotting over to the brink   
   and looking down, evidently measuring the height.    
   >    
   > Animals have more commonsense than we give them credit for.    
   >    
   > Curiously birds have no signs of a neocortex, but some of them score quite   
   well in intelligence tests.    
   >    
   > I wonder if dinosaurs had one?    
      
   The dinosaur is inside us... 😉    
      
   Does the reptilian brain make us buy an SUV? https://t.co/Txdjz4qhOI    
      
      
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