[LINK] Control of ideas

[Kim Holburn]

On 2012/Jun/14, at 8:29 AM, Ben Elliston wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:37:19PM +1000, Kim Holburn wrote:
> 
>>> For 10's of 1000's of years we lived simple lives and made basic
>    tools out of stone and yet look at where we are today, what we can
>    build, our technology.  It just seems utterly mind-blowing that
>    we're the same species which made those stone tools.  It's been
>    suggested that all this cultural change must be linked to a
>    biological change in our brains - but the latest thinking suggests
>    it's a product of something for more basic - a simple increase in
>    numbers.
> 
> I would have said that the vital ingredient was energy?


The energy was always there, it was inventions and innovations that allowed us to use it.


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