How Intelligence Evolved | A 600 million year story.

This video follows the evolution of intelligence, from the simple nerve nets to the complex neural networks in humans that enable consciousness, learning, and imagination.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:13 - nerve nets
01:29 - steering
02:20 - reinforcement learning
06:23 - mental simulation
08:50 - 3rd person simulation
11:50 - language

[ArtOfTheProblem]

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[aeak]

I don't usually comment, but you, my man, deserve a standing ovation for your way of explaining things and painting the big picture in a way where the learner feels like a part of the process of painting the big picture himself. Truly awesome

[Tubeytime]

What I find fascinating about language is that people can extract completely different meaning from the same sentence. It seems to be an imitation of learning, not a substitute, which is why many people apply another layer of analysis called "skepticism" to anything they read or hear.

[worm_wannacry]

title was clickbait, this video is 15 minutes

[maryjanecruise]

As I senior in her 70’s I loved this video! Keep them coming! You are
never too old to learn.
Brilliantly explained.

Man… in my life never had i heard a person able to communicate with such clarity as you. I study cog sci and had just began to understand what the is status of my field rn. thanks for being human and sharing

[Telencephelon]

If my brain wants sugar it needs my body.
Great job as always

[scottmcevoy]

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[fullyawakened]

Slight correction here: The brain IS divided into different regions that have different functions. While it is true that many functions of the brain are widely dispersed across regions that does not at all mean that regions can do each other's functions or that those regions are actually not as specialized as neurologists claim them to be. The specialized regions of the brain are absolutely real and if you mess with them you can control every aspect of perception, cognition and function in very controlled and surgical ways. For example, if you injure your Broca's area you ARE losing your power of speech regardless of the fact that other areas of the brain are involved in interpreting, perceiving and producing speech. Cut out the amygdala and you WILL lose the ability to feel emotional distress or fear, regardless of how lit up a brain scan might get during a normal fear response.

[thelegalsystem]

I'm just here to acknowledge the superb thumbnail from "The Brain That Wouldn't Die"

[vignesh-nandakumar]

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[jackett_]

this video is gonna blow up. very thought provoking

[igotwect]

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[caujka]

I am fond of your way of assembling a big, complex picture out of small, simple pieces!
Thanks for another timeless edutainment video 🙂
I had a great pleasure watching it.

[xenen]

Wow, I never knew that we as humans understood this much about cognition and intelligence, it’s amazing how early brains seem almost like a organic computer, quite rigid and logic based, but the later gains in intelligence comes from being able to think about thinking.

[petretrusca]

That last question hit hard:"does your mind need your body?" I want more such questions, and videos that explain how did we come to ask them

[holonicschema]

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[alexeydenisov]

I actually understood dopamine for the first time from a video. Also great idea for the video and superb communication of the idea

[gabrieltambare]

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[MorbiusBlueBalls]

I'd expect this quality from a million+ subscriber channel. this was a great video! hope you keep it up