Simon on Nostr: “The human brain, after growing for millions of years, has begun shrinking over the ...

“The human brain, after growing for millions of years, has begun shrinking over the last ten thousand years.

Such shrinkage is consistent with increased cultural innovation, which allows more people to survive even if they’re not particularly bright.

They can get away with not coming up with the best answers but simply copying what most other people are doing.”

Rob Henderson & Michael Muthukrishna 🧠