Online Symposium


Joining the Dots

Online Symposium and Discussion Group (by invitation only)

The online symposium originally planned for 2009 was postponed due to insufficient resources this site now hosts additional material related to ‘Left in the Dark’


A discussion between scholars and researchers debating whether the jigsaw pieces really can be joined as outlined in 'Left in the Dark'



Discussion 1

The untested presumption or belief that our neural system (our only tool of investigation) is fully or even moderately functional is
according to scientific protocol ‘bad science'

Question

Is it remotely possible that the left neo cortex is a hormonally retarded, structurally damaged, perceptually limited and psychologically deluded version of our right hemisphere and its rise to dominance was driven by fear and the need to maintain a sense of control due to its damage. In effect is cerebral dominance a symptom of a neurodegenerative condition rather than an advanced adaptive trait?


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Discussion 2

The standard Darwinian theory of adaptive selection via genetically inherited variation has been spectacularly successful in offering an explanation for the evolution of almost all characteristics and traits for all biological organisms. Paradoxically humans and to some degree our extinct and extent relatives display a number of unusual and unique traits that have proved more difficult to explain using the standard theory. It may be worth considering the possibility that the emergence of unique traits is the result of a unique mechanism or at least a unique variation on the standard model. Darwinian theory does not preclude such a possibility in fact Darwin's interest in co-evolution pre-empted such a variation.



Question

Were many unusual traits in human evolution such as the accelerating expansion of the brain coloured or driven by the hormonally and neuro-chemically active properties of fruit flavonoids? Is it possible that a symbiotic relationship developed resulting in an epigenetic inheritance mechanism based on a neuro-endocrine feedback loop.


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