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		dylan604 on April 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for... Too bad evolution doesn't install basic learning as part of the default system. Humans at this point should just be a new container being launched with a default level of software pre-installed. Would we be more advanced as a species if we didn't have to constantly teach each new instance 1+1=2 so that each new instance already new multiplication tables from 1 to 25 type of thing?

progre on April 26, 2022 | [–]

Instead we are booted with old useless drivers like "Recognize snake"

dylan604 on April 26, 2022 | | [–]

What we really need is a method to boot into extended memory mode. Restricting memory usage to just 10% is a bit restrictive.

naijaboiler on April 26, 2022 | [–]

we do have collective memory that outlives us. It is called culture

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