Evolution at the Speed of Thought

Timothy Mcgettigan

ISBN 10: 3659947687 / ISBN 13: 9783659947681

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Okt 2016, 2016

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Neuware -This book proposes a solution to the agency-determinism debate by defining humans as super-adaptable agents. Humans super-adapt by deploying cognitive solutions to evolutionary survival challenges. Homo sapiens has, thus, transformed the evolutionary process into an intellectual exercise that proceeds at the speed of thought. Cognitive super-adaptation enables humans to significantly accelerate the adaptation process, while it also transforms adaptation from a random to a highly specific problem solving process.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evolution at the Speed of Thought
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Okt 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659947687
• ISBN 13: 9783659947681
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 6D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 143 grams

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Synopsis

This book proposes a solution to the agency-determinism debate by defining humans as super-adaptable agents. Humans super-adapt by deploying cognitive solutions to evolutionary survival challenges. Homo sapiens has, thus, transformed the evolutionary process into an intellectual exercise that proceeds at the speed of thought. Cognitive super-adaptation enables humans to significantly accelerate the adaptation process, while it also transforms adaptation from a random to a highly specific problem solving process.

About the Author

Timothy McGettigan, PhD, is a professor of sociology at Colorado State University - Pueblo. At present, Prof Tim is helping to establish an Institute of Cannabis Research at CSU-Pueblo. Prof Tim has research interests in the areas of social inequality, social change, and science, technology & society (STS).