Comments on: Humans as Complexity Machines http://blog.potterzot.com/2008/04/22/humans-as-complexity-machines/ Economics. Data. Software. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jeffrey Ellis http://blog.potterzot.com/2008/04/22/humans-as-complexity-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Jeffrey Ellis Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:09:34 +0000 http://blog.potterzot.com/2008/04/22/humans-as-complexity-machines/#comment-344 I think it's more the case that when we are young (e.g., younger than 10 or so) our brains are wired for learning. We do more learning before the age of 5 than the rest of our lives -- motor skills, language, social concepts, etc. As we get older learning becomes less important for survival than applying what we have learned. By the way, what's up with the new look? Not that I don't like, but the old one was pretty good too. I think it’s more the case that when we are young (e.g., younger than 10 or so) our brains are wired for learning. We do more learning before the age of 5 than the rest of our lives — motor skills, language, social concepts, etc. As we get older learning becomes less important for survival than applying what we have learned.

By the way, what’s up with the new look? Not that I don’t like, but the old one was pretty good too.

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