Tag: violence
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There Is No Bridge to Human Language
The standard model roughly goes along these lines: chimpanzees have hoots and grunts for conveying information, and so our shared, last common ancestor (LCA) evolved cognitively due to some external stimuli, allowing them to communicate more detailed information, producing human language’s words and symbols. Edward Gibson recently said on Lex Fridman that we invent words…
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The ROBA Chip – A Pi-sized AI Model
A question for anyone who understands AI: are there any AI companies which have a coherent theory of human language? Or are all AI companies just force-feeding massive amounts of data into their training systems? Because the latter is not a theory on language. My hypothesis is that no AI company has a coherent theory…
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The First Word Might Have Required Object-based Intimidation
What exactly caused the bridge between object-usage and combat which gave rise to ROBA in humans, which (per my hypothesis) produced human, recursive language? Apes have the capacity to “reach” for combat using objects. As seen in the 1980s macaque studies, apes’ axions extend outward when given a tool, and then the axions retreat once…
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Testing the Simulation Hypothesis with the ROBA Hypothesis
Elon Musk recently joked that the reason that the James Webb telescope experienced delays because the computers were busy trying to render what the planets looked like, since the programmers who created the simulation we’re currently living in failed to anticipate that we humans would have been able to see these stars. It’s a fun…
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Self-Reinforcing Kinship Mesh Networks Enforced by ROBA
Lewis Morgan’s Ancient Society (1877) is one of the more thorough kinship books written during the late 19th century. It’s worth noting his work because he appears to have been at the cutting of a science of kinship that has basically faded from popular memory. Morgan had previously done enormous legwork in his Systems of…
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A Simple Flowchart for Human Violence and Language
Object-based combat (OBC) (unique to humans) and the human phenotype both feed into the Merge Field of Combat. The Merge Field of Combat (Merge) is the shared moment of anticipation, which can last indefinitely and remains open before, during, and after combat due to the persistent and wildcard nature of OBC. Here, signals are tried,…
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Does Unoptimized-Merge Prevent Speciation?
I’ve gone on at length about how combat between antagonists sets the Merge field and this is how signals are generated, verified, and rejected, both in animals and humans. A change in the natural weapons of an animal, such as the sudden appearance of a new horn or claw, would create a new animal Merge…
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The Violent Spectator and the War Dance
Spectators play a pivotal role in ritual combat. This article covers the mechanics of their part in preventing violent contagion, as well as the eras of violence that societies undergo when facing violent contagion.
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Trailer for "Owned," a new feature-length film by Jose Montesinos
“Owned is a crime drama about not being able to escape one’s past, or one’s past debts.” The film stars Stunt People members Dennis Ruel and Troy Carbonel and features Stacie Rashel, with Ray Carbonel and Ed Kahana working behind the scenes. The film is currently in post production. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2866564&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1“OWNED” trailer from Jose Montesinos on…