Fernando García-Moreno
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I have to say that I am the least anthropocentric person in research, biology.
I have to say that I am the least anthropocentric person in research, biology.
I have to say that I am the least anthropocentric person in research, biology.
Yeah, definitely. So I'm extending my low anthropocentric view. I am also very low mammalocentric view. So we see in the lab a lot of complexities in other brains. So we also, I don't do research directly on human brains.
Yeah, definitely. So I'm extending my low anthropocentric view. I am also very low mammalocentric view. So we see in the lab a lot of complexities in other brains. So we also, I don't do research directly on human brains.
Yeah, definitely. So I'm extending my low anthropocentric view. I am also very low mammalocentric view. So we see in the lab a lot of complexities in other brains. So we also, I don't do research directly on human brains.
But I tend to think that in the last 25 years since I've been working in labs, there is a paper coming out every two, three years claiming that there is a specific feature to humans. It could be a cell type which only appears in humans or a circuit that is only developing in humans. But then after three, four years, someone finds the same circuit or cell type or progenitor type in primates.
But I tend to think that in the last 25 years since I've been working in labs, there is a paper coming out every two, three years claiming that there is a specific feature to humans. It could be a cell type which only appears in humans or a circuit that is only developing in humans. But then after three, four years, someone finds the same circuit or cell type or progenitor type in primates.
But I tend to think that in the last 25 years since I've been working in labs, there is a paper coming out every two, three years claiming that there is a specific feature to humans. It could be a cell type which only appears in humans or a circuit that is only developing in humans. But then after three, four years, someone finds the same circuit or cell type or progenitor type in primates.
And then someone else finds it five, ten years later in mice. So in the end, me as the least anthropocentric researcher ever, I tend to think that our brain is special in quantitative features, but not in qualitative features. So we are a mammalian brain, definitely this is different to a bird brain, but we just have more of the same units.
And then someone else finds it five, ten years later in mice. So in the end, me as the least anthropocentric researcher ever, I tend to think that our brain is special in quantitative features, but not in qualitative features. So we are a mammalian brain, definitely this is different to a bird brain, but we just have more of the same units.
And then someone else finds it five, ten years later in mice. So in the end, me as the least anthropocentric researcher ever, I tend to think that our brain is special in quantitative features, but not in qualitative features. So we are a mammalian brain, definitely this is different to a bird brain, but we just have more of the same units.
And there might be an emergent property coming up from this increase in the number. But I don't believe someone has convincingly sold cell types which are specifically human or connections which are specifically human. In the case of birds, they can count and they can plan the future. As you said, they can make tools on their own. They can... hide some... Like food?
And there might be an emergent property coming up from this increase in the number. But I don't believe someone has convincingly sold cell types which are specifically human or connections which are specifically human. In the case of birds, they can count and they can plan the future. As you said, they can make tools on their own. They can... hide some... Like food?
And there might be an emergent property coming up from this increase in the number. But I don't believe someone has convincingly sold cell types which are specifically human or connections which are specifically human. In the case of birds, they can count and they can plan the future. As you said, they can make tools on their own. They can... hide some... Like food?
Some food or something for the future, this kind of thing. So they can plant, but they are doing it with a different part of the polyp. Wow.
Some food or something for the future, this kind of thing. So they can plant, but they are doing it with a different part of the polyp. Wow.
Some food or something for the future, this kind of thing. So they can plant, but they are doing it with a different part of the polyp. Wow.
The main takeaway is that humans are special, but so are birds and reptiles. So our brains are amazing. but bird brains are even as amazing at least. We have neurons other species do not have, but the chicken, even the chicken, stupid chicken, they do have neurons that we don't have.
The main takeaway is that humans are special, but so are birds and reptiles. So our brains are amazing. but bird brains are even as amazing at least. We have neurons other species do not have, but the chicken, even the chicken, stupid chicken, they do have neurons that we don't have.