transl. by G.D.H. Cole (1913); even better dans la version originale:

"Mécontent de ton état présent par des raisons qui annoncent à ta postérité malheureuse de plus grands mécontentements encore, peut-être voudrais-tu pouvoir rétrograder...

Study by Uomini & Meyer (2013) shows tool-making action planning and speech generation tasks share blood flow patterns in left-lateralized ventral premotor areas and Broca’s area.

Chen's Extended Predictive Hypothesis (EPH) on the Universal Definition of Intelligence combines prediction accuracy and benefit thereof as the core aspects of intelligence.

Acknowledging Inclusive Fitness as intelligent behaviour ➡️ intelligence = evolutionary strategy.

If God is Love (1 John 4:7-12)
and Love is Inclusive Fitness (Hamilton '64)
God is the Evolutionary Mission (Collins '06) of the tribe.

"When the ideas of men began to expand and multiply 💬 they strove to invent more numerous signs 💬 They multiplied the inflections of the voice, and added gestures, which are in their own nature more expressive, and depend less for their meaning on a prior determination." — JJR

So it's true: early on, musical abilities highly correlate with working memory, foreign speech imitation & singing ability 🤔

meow meow meow meow...

"It is farther to be observed that the child, having all his wants to explain, and of course more to say to his mother than the mother could have to say to him, must have borne the brunt of the task of invention" — J.J. Rousseau (transl. by Cole)

"for we desire knowledge only because we wish to enjoy; / nous ne cherchons à connaître que parce que nous désirons de jouir" — J.J. Rousseau (1754; transl. by Cole 1913)

party like it’s 1580 🌌✨