#1) Is a lumbering monster. It controls instinct, Basic emotions. It is the most ancient part of our brain. It causes people to get violent, scared, causes reflexes and "Gut reactions"

#2) Is a tiny character. The more recent part of the brain in its evolution. It controls reason, logic etc.

Psychologists compare the power these parts of our brain possess over us to a quirky metaphor

Part 1 of the brain is a rampaging elephant
Part 2 of the brain is a little monkey on the back of the elephant trying desperately to regain control

Lol, funny eh? Makes you think about just how simple humans are, We would like to think we are intelligent sophisticated animals.

But really, we are barley out of the jungle

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haha. Everyone that i try to explain this to always rejects it and says that im on crack. I agree completely

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lol, Look up "the lake wobegon effect"

I'm betting you could relate to that in terms of your non-belivers

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Think of the brain in 2 sections,

#1) Is a lumbering monster. It controls instinct, Basic emotions. It is the most ancient part of our brain. It causes people to get violent, scared, causes reflexes and "Gut reactions"

#2) Is a tiny character. The more recent part of the brain in its evolution. It controls reason, logic etc.

 Psychologists compare the power these parts of our brain possess over us to a quirky metaphor

Part 1 of the brain is a rampaging elephant
Part 2 of the brain is a little monkey on the back of the elephant trying desperately to regain control

 

 
Lol, funny eh? Makes you think about just how simple humans are, We would like to think we are intelligent sophisticated animals.

But really, we are barley out of the jungle

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IMO a better way to look at it might be a kernel and userspace programs, except with the kernel also containing emotional feedback.

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XD I've tried pointing that out to my mom, but she gets all offended and says we aren't animals. >.<

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I guess people associate an animal to a dog, giraffe or some other entity but not humans, despite the interesting evolutionary history. Would be interesting to see her opinion on evolution and the theory of evolution.

I agree with the analogy provided although I think the first part is lacking important features but I understand the main idea.

And we are very separate from the other animals. What other species has developed the ability exploit natural resources to this extent. What other species has developed this level of society?
The actual habits, and survival instinct isn't much different, but our conscious level of thinking has developed too fast for our survival instinct to really catch up...which is why we're creating all these global warming crisis and disturbing shit in the world...

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Are you dumb??? Our brains are NOT simple by any means! Not even other animal brains are simple! A mouse as an organism is an extremely sophisticated piece of organic technology, don't even mention humans.

And we are very separate from the other animals. What other species has developed the ability exploit natural resources to this extent. What other species has developed this level of society?
The actual habits, and survival instinct isn't much different, but our conscious level of thinking has developed too fast for our survival instinct to really catch up...which is why we're creating all these global warming crisis and disturbing shit in the world...

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This is not my comparison, the idea comes strait from a book written by a PhD certified psychologist

Watch who you call dumb bud..

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The brain, in any animal, is not a simple organ at all, and we don't know anything about it!

I'm frustrated to hear someone trying to call the brain a simple thing...That rampaging elephant you talked about avoids 1000's of collisions into people and objects. It synchronizes all our muscles to get the motions we want, which when you think about it, is a hefty task. There are many other examples of how intricate and well-designed our systems are, and above all, how complex they are.

Perhaps he isn't dumb...but I'd say he is a bit shallow in making a statement like that...

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Man, I don't give a shit who wrote it and what certifications he has.  

The brain, in any animal, is not a simple organ at all, and we don't know anything about it!  

I'm frustrated to hear someone trying to call the brain a simple thing...That rampaging elephant you talked about avoids 1000's of collisions into people and objects. It synchronizes all our muscles to get the motions we want, which when you think about it, is a hefty task. There are many other examples of how intricate and well-designed our systems are, and above all, how complex they are.  

Perhaps he isn't dumb...but I'd say he is a bit shallow in making a statement like that...

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I didn't have time to write the whole chapter into a topic

Climb down from your pedestal kid...

Post edited at 9:28 am on Mar. 7, 2010 by Brando Pernando

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If it's your opinion that the brain is simple, it was probably people like you that 50 years ago said that we've discovered everything there is to discover on our planet.

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Think of the brain in 2 sections,

#1) Is a lumbering monster. It controls instinct, Basic emotions. It is the most ancient part of our brain. It causes people to get violent, scared, causes reflexes and "Gut reactions"

#2) Is a tiny character. The more recent part of the brain in its evolution. It controls reason, logic etc.

 

 
Psychologists compare the power these parts of our brain possess over us to a quirky metaphor

Part 1 of the brain is a rampaging elephant
Part 2 of the brain is a little monkey on the back of the elephant trying desperately to regain control

 

 
Lol, funny eh? Makes you think about just how simple humans are, We would like to think we are intelligent sophisticated animals.

But really, we are barley out of the jungle

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The human part of the brain is much larger than the older parts, so your comparison is rather skewed on that front...

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This is not my comparison, the idea comes strait from a book written by a PhD certified psychologist

Watch who you call dumb bud..

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If you want to know what truly makes humans more unique, it's our ability to think symbolically on a very high level.
It's not economics, like Adam Smith believed (experiments with monkeys show that economic thinking is practically hardwired quite a ways back), it's not merely being rational (see previous), etc.

It's our ability to think symbolically.

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