Rikicin Lafiya na Duniya da Brain Labari

Mutane da yawa suna tunani, cikin ma'ana, cewa babban kwakwalwarmu ta samo asali ne da tunani mai ma'ana don magance matsalolin yanki, kamar gina mafaka, tunawa da inda 'ya'yan itatuwa suke girma daga shekara zuwa shekara, da tarko dabbobi don abinci. Wasu suna tunanin, ba su da ma'ana amma har yanzu suna da hankali, cewa kwakwalwarmu tana haɓaka zuwa hankali da tunani, amma ba su nan har yanzu, kamar dai kimiyya ita ce ƙarshen juyin halittar ɗan adam (duk da cewa ilimin juyin halitta ne ke koya mana cewa juyin halitta ba shi da alkibla).

Geoffrey Miller, a cikin Zuciyar Mating, ya sanya lamarin mai ban sha'awa cewa babban kwakwalwarmu ta samo asali ne ba don fa'idodin rayuwa ba amma don roƙon jinsi. Ƙwaƙƙwarar ƙwaƙƙwafi yana nufin mafi kyawun tatsuniya, wanda shine kadari a cikin gasa mai gasa. Girman kwakwalwar mai sauraro, mafi kyawun labarin dole ne ya zama abin sha'awa. Layin makircin hankali ya fi shiga tsakani fiye da tsalle -tsalle mara hankali da kuke gani a cikin labarin yara. Ka'idar kimiyya da yuwuwar, wacce za ta kasance da amfani sosai wajen yaƙar coronavirus, ɗauki kujerar baya a cikin ƙarfin dangin kwakwalwarmu zuwa ƙwarewarmu ta haɓaka ƙirƙirar labarai masu ban tsoro da labarai na jarumai. Na farko ya gaya mana yadda ya kamata mu yi, kuma na ƙarshen ya ba mu tsoro kuma yana fatan wani likita a CDC zai cece mu. Ba kwaro bane amma fasali ne a cikin ci gaban kwakwalwarmu wanda ke juyar da mu cikin damuwa da tunanin ceton, saboda kwakwalwarmu ta samo asali ne don samar da jerin shirye -shiryen matinee, ba masu shirya fina -finai ba.

Gasar tseren makamai na juyin halitta yana faruwa lokacin da ci gaban kwayoyin halitta guda ɗaya ya faru wanda ke canza yanayin da aka bayyana wani nau'in ta hanyar da ke sa ci gaban asalin asalin bai isa ba. Kyakkyawan misali shine tserewar makamai tsakanin saurin cheetahs da saurin gazelles. Babu wata hanyar da za a sami dabbar da ta fi sauri a wani wuri ba tare da mafarauci ko mai kamawa daidai gwargwado ba. Ka’idar Miller tana lissafin saurin ci gaban kwakwalwa. Idan girman kwakwalwa (ko da gaske, rikitarwa) martani ne ga yanayin ƙasa mai rikitarwa, to yana da wahala a ga dalilin da yasa juyin halitta zai yi sauri. Amma idan amsa ce ga saurin haɓaka kwakwalwar kwakwalwa a cikin mata da miji, to yana da ma'ana cewa zai ɓullo da sauri.

Don haka kwakwalwa tana kama da wutsiyar dawisu, wacce ta samo asali don roƙon ta ga peahens, waɗanda wataƙila sun haɓaka fifikon fifiko na wariyar launin fata. Amma tare da kwakwalwa, duka jinsi suna sanya matsin lamba akan juna don ba da labarai mafi kyau. Kwakwalwar da ake ginawa don ba da labari da godiya ga labarai maimakon tunani mai ma'ana ko don tunawa da mafita ga matsalolin ƙasa suna bayyana matsalolinmu da yawa tare da tunani mai ma'ana da ƙwaƙwalwa kuma yana jujjuya son zuciya a kan kawunansu daga cututtukan yanki zuwa dabarun haihuwa. Tunaninmu mara kyau, a cikin wannan ra'ayi, ba gibi bane a cikin kwakwalwar da ke aiki fiye da lasisin kirkire -kirkire a sake rubuta tarihin rashi ne na Shakespeare a cikin Richard III ko Henry V. Ba matsala ce ta haifuwa da muke sadaukar da daidaito ga labarin da muke faɗa. kanmu; labarin duka ne.Lallai, lokacin da Nietzsche ya lura da girman son zuciya a cikin tsinkayen mu, ya kwatanta mu da kasancewa masu fasaha fiye da yadda muke zato a wasu lokutan, maimakon kasancewar mu na robots marasa lahani.

Wani yanki da aka fayyace ta ra'ayin cewa kwakwalwarmu ta samo asali ne don ba da labari da godiya ga labarin maimakon gaskiya shine wahalarmu ta rarrabewa lokacin da wani ke yi mana ƙarya. (Wannan shine jigon sabon littafin Malcom Gladwell.) Zaton mutane suna gaya mana gaskiya da alama suna aiki azaman nau'in manne na zamantakewa, amma mafi mahimmanci (idan an gina kwakwalwa don ba da labari), ana sauƙaƙe bayar da labari mai kyau kuma godiya ga abin da Wordsworth ya kira "dakatar da kafirci." Mu ba dabbobin da aka gina don neman gaskiya bane amma don adana fuska da nishaɗi. Don tura tunani mai mahimmanci yayin labari yana kama da katse wa ɗan wasan barkwanci da tambayar ko da gaske ta yi aure lokacin da take ƙoƙarin ba da dariya game da maza. Hakanan, ba shakka, an gina mu don zama cikin ƙananan ƙungiyoyi, kuma a cikin yanayin zamantakewa na mutane 90, kawai zaku iya yarda akan wanda zaku ɗauka da ɗan gishiri lokacin da suke yin iƙirarin gaskiya. Koyon karanta baƙi ba shi da mahimmanci.

Wannan kamfani na neman gaskiya da ake kira kimiyya ya kasance babban nasara, wanda ke da alhakin rayuwa arba'in da suka gabata a cikin babban ma'auni, da ƙirƙirar nau'in yanayin ilimi wanda ya haifar da Netflix (wanda, na lura, yana da fa'ida kan yadda aka gina kwakwalwar mu don godiya labaru). Amma kimiyya fa'ida ce babba ta manyan kwakwalwa, ba manufarsu ba. Ba a gina kwakwalwa don yin lissafi ba kamar yadda aka gina baya don zama duk rana a kwamfuta ko aka gina makamai don jifar silifa. Kuna iya zama ko jefa ƙwallon baseball har sai kun ji wa kanku rauni, amma kuna iya barin labarin kusan kwana ɗaya kafin ku yi barci ku fara mafarki. Mafarki shine farkon mafitar kwakwalwar tatsuniya, kamar samun blog naka kowane dare.

A cikin duniyar labarai, yana da ban tsoro don tambaya idan labarin “gaskiya ne”. Tambaya idan boka ya faɗi da gaske ga Kaisar ba batun bane kamar tambaya idan Romeo ya faɗi haka ga Juliet. Tabbatar da maganganun mutane don gaskiya sau da yawa yana rasa ma'ana. Ma'anar mafi yawan magana ita ce ƙirƙira da kula da facade na zamantakewa, don nishaɗi, haifar da tasirin motsin rai, da ƙulla ƙawance. Sahihancin aikin jarida ba kasafai yake nufi ba. Don haka kada ku yi mamakin lokacin da labarai masu ban tsoro da bautar gwarzo suka maye martaninmu na hankali ga coronavirus; shi ne abin da aka gina mu mu yi.