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Intelligence Arises From Complex Networks
- Intelligence emerges from networks of adaptive agents rather than isolated components.
- Modern brain studies borrow complexity tools like information theory and network neuroscience.
Sea Slug Shows Learning Is Ancient
- Eric Kandel prodded Aplysia and showed its reflex changed with experience, proving simple animals learn.
- This refuted the idea that only higher mammals can learn beyond fixed instincts.
Evolution Favors Motion Over Chess
- Tasks humans prize (chess, math) are relatively easy for engineered systems, while motion tasks remain hard.
- Evolution prioritised motion, so our impressive cognitive feats occupy little neural resource compared with movement.