In the Neolithic villages of Poland, milk, a nourishing gift from domesticated animals, is left to curdle, giving rise to the earliest form of cheese.
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Three Tidbit Stories
Topic:
Wisdom Builder
Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.
MODE:
Wisdom Builder.
3 random tidbit stories in about 3 minutes.
1.
A History Story.
Before 5500 BCE
Poland
That History Story,
was first published on TST 2 years ago.
2.
A History Story.
125 Million Years Ago
Expanded Limbic System, reward circuitry
By about 125 million years ago, mammals likely increased their vocabulary above a dozen and perhaps for some species at times into the hundreds. This vocabulary, or signaling, was a series of gestures, grunts, and screeches. Today, mammals from this lineage communicate with a range of signals and gestures, not unlike our abstract vocabulary. We see this in their descendants ranging from the opossum, with communication signals of only about a dozen, to wolves, ranging into the hundreds.
Today, wolves use this rich tapestry of communication in the wild: howls to signal location, growls to assert dominance, and a myriad of body postures to convey submission, aggression, or affection. This early foundation of dozens of signals provided the building blocks for the more complex communication systems that would evolve in other branches of the mammalian family tree.
Imagined Image: Eomaia scansoria in their natural environment from about 125 million years ago. These early mammals likely lived in a lush, prehistoric forest setting and had a vocabulary, or signaling, ranging into perhaps a dozen or two of words—well, gestures.
That History Story,
was first published on TST 2 years ago.
3.
A Critical Thinking Story.
Oct 1776
Common Sense is a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in early 1776 advocating independence for the thirteen colonies from England. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places. Per capita, it had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history.
- the distinction between kings and subjects is a false distinction
Of note, Thomas Paine was a self-proclaimed monotheist (believing in one God), but disdained organized religion, proclaiming that his only church was his own mind.
That Critical Thinking Story,
was first published on TST 5 years ago.
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Writing and coding by Michael Alan Prestwood.
