In sum, if my puny neo-cortex really evolved; how could it be so metaphysically encumbered with things like singing hymns, making melodies, writing songs and poems, drawing paintings (like the one to the left), architecture, charity, FoxPro programming, etc.) ?
In what way are any of those things metaphysical?
You have a capacity for language, which is a kind of symbolic mental mapping. All the rest stems from that. I don't see anything in the least bit troublesome or metaphysical about your brain's ability to handle symbols, given that the majority of the brain seems to exist to do just that.
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