ENV100H1 Chapter Notes -Richard Feynman, Consumerism, Brian Swimme

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Stephen Scharper

Document Summary

Human beings have survived because we possess certain traits that have helped us secure a place on earth. Our sense of awareness cannot compete with other animals; we can"t hear as well as bat or smell as well as a dog. Brain weighing 1. 5 kilograms, occupies space 2 fists, 100 billion neurons. Some scientists compare the brain to a relay station that merely coordinates incoming signals and outgoing responses. Francois jacob the human mind has a built-in need to create order out of the constant flow of information coming from its sensory organs. I. o. w the brain creates a narrative, with a beginning middle and end, a temporal sequence that makes sense of events. The brain selects and discards info to be used in the narrative, constructing connections and relationships that create a web of meaning. A narrative reveals : what happened and it explains why it happened.