I think the question of ‘evolutionary” vs “connectionism” is one of “location in time”. In short, WHEN does the complexity take place? What parts of ‘us” are due to complexities that arise in the course of non-measurable history and whose algorithms (metaphor) are encoded (metaphor) in the genes? Which parts of us are due to complexities that arise in the course of one person’s lifetime? [starting at the more measurable but still difficult to measure – conception, through neural development in the womb, with signals ‘encoded’ through listening to mother, to birth, to encodings that take place after birth, through six months, six to nine months, nine to 24 months, etc, through the lifespan of a person? Which part of ‘us’ are due to the complexities of culture and society and get ‘encoded’? Similar to above, but instead of measuring internal complexities in the brain, one can measure external complexities in society, whose subsets may be learned by individuals within the system?

I think the question of ‘evolutionary” vs “connectionism” is one of “location in time”.

In short, WHEN does the complexity take place?

What parts of ‘us” are due to complexities that arise in the course of non-measurable history and whose algorithms (metaphor) are encoded (metaphor) in the genes?

Which parts of us are due to complexities that arise in the course of one person’s lifetime? [starting at the more measurable but still difficult to measure – conception, through neural development in the womb, with signals ‘encoded’ through listening to mother, to birth, to encodings that take place after birth, through six months, six to nine months, nine to 24 months, etc, through the lifespan of a person?

Which part of ‘us’ are due to the complexities of culture and society and get ‘encoded’? Similar to above, but instead of measuring internal complexities in the brain, one can measure external complexities in society, whose subsets may be learned by individuals within the system?

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