In this talk, Daniel Povinelli (Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette) suggests that "desperately seeking explanation" is a uniquely human mental function. In science, this "explanatory drive" can be properly regarded as a mania, which, as it proceeds largely uncontrolled, will continue to yield products that both improve, and threaten, our very existence. (#24979)

Evolution

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   CARTA: Impact of Tool Use & Technology on the Evolution of the Human Mind - Rafael Núñez, Candice Odgers, Joseph Henrich
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   CARTA: Impact of Tool Use & Technology on the Evolution of the Human Mind - Leah Krubitzer, John Shea, Paula Tallal
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   CARTA: Impact of Tool Use & Technology on the Evolution of the Human Mind - Marcus Feldman, Dorothy Fragaszy, Dietrich Stout

Social Science: Anthropology

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   CARTA- Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Sharing Childcare and Knowledge in Infancy, Grandmothers and the Extended Family, and Human Fathers
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   CARTA- Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Breast Milk and Breastfeeding, Oxytocin Pathways and Human Evolution, and Hunter-Gatherer Childhood and Human Evolution
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   CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Birth and the Newborn Infant, Infant State in Apes and Humans, and Born Human: How the Utterly Dependent Survive