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295 Million BCE
Early Complex Sentience Emerges: Dimetrodon
Evolution
Complex Brains; Long-Term Memory; Early Complex Sentience.
By about 280 million years ago, Dimetrodon was one of the best-known predators of the Early Permian. It stalked rivers and floodplains alongside caseid synapsids, large amphibians like Eryops, and a landscape of Calamites, Sigillaria, ferns, and early seed plants.
Philosophy
Story
“Natural selection acts solely by the preservation and accumulation of small inherited modifications, each profitable to the preserved being.”
- Charles Darwin
- 1859
Evolution
Survival belongs to organisms that respond effectively to change as environments shift over time.
Philosophy
Quote
Was the Roman Empire like the Borg?
Ancient History
A bit. The Roman Empire grew by assimilation.
Philosophy
FAQ
Is science tainted by bias?
Cognitive Bias
Always remember that even science is touched by human bias. Its strength lies in being a self-correcting process. You too can self correct.
Philosophy
FAQ
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