Friday, March 11, 2011

The love of a dog & a penguin.

Hey Stellar Fans,

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Recently I listened to Robert Greene’s speech he gave at Yale University. I was fascinated by his current study of Machiavellian Intelligence. While listening, I learned that humans and primates are the only two species on earth that have this “large” brain that has evolved to cope with the complex social environments that both species have. It is also a brain that exceeds our capacity to use it.

This got me thinking because I love dogs. So a dog does not have the “large” brain that a human or primate has. Yet, you can train a dog to protect and obey you. Further, a dog can love you unconditionally. It has a laser like focus, and for the most part, it is focused on its owner. A dog’s sole function is to be with you, love you, and follow you. My beagle, Jake, will wait all day just to see me, and when he does see me, he runs, jumps, barks, licks, and wags his tail uncontrollably.

When a penguin finds its mate they stay together forever. A penguin main (parent) will sacrifice its own body for food, to continue the penguin offspring’s life if there is a short food supply. Yet this species also is without the “large” brain of humans and primates.

We live and will continue to live in complex social environments, our brains our going to evolve and adapt. These environments seem to only become more complex with each generation. This is however, how evolution works, it will happen no matter what.

But what if, the best way for us to evolve is to investigate and learn from a species that doesn’t have this “large” brain, because they seem to know how to love someone pretty damn well. Isn’t love the most powerful emotion in existence?

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Destry Brink
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