How did Homo sapiens evolve from unremarkable primates to the species that now holds the destiny of the planet in its hands? This mental ability might hold the answer.
How did Homo sapiens evolve from unremarkable primates to the species that now holds the destiny of the planet in its hands? The answer, according to cognitive psychologists Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, and Adam Bulley, is foresight, humans’ unique ability to predict and plan for the future in ways that no other animal can.
, people would have been unlikely to flourish in the wide range of extreme environments we now inhabit.Being able to think about the future will never mean that we’re clairvoyant. We persistently predict things that do not happen and frequently fail to foresee those that do, often with treacherous consequences. To smooth the operation of car engines, for example, the inventor Thomas Midgley Jr.
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