Can ToE explain human Brain development?

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this is a spin off from my last 'Reasons for Doubt' threadNow i want to pose a questions that, theoretically, the ToE should be able to answer. I dont really have a premis for this discussion except to say that denying the existence of a Creator does not still man’s quest for a meaning to life. If we are simply animals along a long evolutionary chain, we are no different to them and should not exhibit the traits we do.And to start it off, in The Brain Book, Peter Russell writes: The more that is learned about the human brain, the more its capacities and potentials are found to go far beyond earlier speculations.In regard to memory, for instance, our brain has an enormous capacity. They have discoved that Memory is not like a container that gradually fills up, it's more like a tree growing hooks onto which the memories are hung. Everything you remember is another set of hooks on which more new memories can be attached. So the capacity of memory keeps on growing. The more you know, the more you can know.This brings us back to my earlier question, Why does the human brain have such a vast intellect? What purpose does it serve in evolutionary terms.As a believer in creation, i believe that it was designed to last and learn forever as God intended...how does ToE explain it?Edited by Peg, : No reason given.Edited by Peg, : No reason given.Edited by Peg, : No reason given.Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

thats very true...it seems though that as they learn more about the brain, they are beginning ot realise just how complex an organ it really is.thats an interesting article especially the point in paragraph 11
"The scientists found that the human brain's genes had gone through an intense amount of evolution in a short amount of time - a process that far outstripped the evolution of the genes of other animals."this in itself is completely contrary to how evolution predicts changes isnt it?I dont know if its reasonable to put it down simply to our social connections though. I mean lets face it, there are many animals that live in family groups...look at the herds of africa for example. Buffalo and deer live in herds that can run into many thousands. its true that other animals have some intelligence, but unlike animals, we have the free will to program our intellects as we choose, based on our own knowledge, values, opportunities and goals. They seem to be confined in their ability to learn new things...and mostly it seems they are programmed for life. I would like to see some research articles on that one if you know any.

i'll tell you one thing that a computer will never be able to do that our brain apparently can doincrease its memory!

I understand that and i understand that all animals have their own unique abilitiesbut it seems we have developed a brain with a capacity that is far greater then our needs. So in terms of evolution, why did it develop greater capabilities then we actually need to survive? all animals worry this is true
Do we worry more then other animals? Or do they worry more then us? this one im not so sure about for the reason that humans have a tendency to do things that they know are dangerous. There are many example of this...experimenting with drugs, jumping off cliffs/aeroplanes, smoking, jumping into a strangers car, committing suicide, criminal behavior, drink driving, speeding....there are so many thing humans do that are contrary to survival it doesnt make sense.Animals are very careful and they live (except for dogs chasing cars maybe) but generally speaking, animals work to keep themselves safe...humans on the other hand seem to do the opposite.how does dangerous behavior fit into the ToE?

"To accomplish so much in so little evolutionary time - a few tens of millions of years - requires a selective process that is perhaps categorically different from the typical processes of acquiring new biological traits."this point really makes me wonder how it is all other animals apparently evolved over billions of years, yet humans in only a few tens of millions of years got a brain that is far superior to other species.why should it be that way...its still contrary to the ToE

I say that becuase of what researchers have discovered about human memory. The memory has been found to have the ability to grow rather then get 'filled'They have found that its a function that is limitless. Why would we need a limitless memory when we only live for up to 100 years?
If we lived for thousands of years then i could understand it, but our life cycle is very short...even turtles live for longer then we do so why do we have a memory with an endless capability? an endless memory is no benefit to us because we will only ever use a fraction of it ... so why keep selecting something that we will never use. Life is very short remember. Memory is endless apparently.

The knowledge of the brains capacity has been around for more then just a few years. The 1976 Encyclopaedia Britannica states that man’s brain is endowed with considerably more potential than is realizable in the course of one person’s lifetime. Macropaedia Vol 12 page 998.The Brain Book by Peter Russell states how the memory structure works and explaines that it is like a tree with endless growth potential.

i didnt say this mechanism is limited to humans. I said the mechanism is 'limitless' in humans.computers are modelled after brains but a computer is not dynamic, it cannot think for itself...it is 'programed to think'...our brains are not. They get programmed by whatever we choose to put into them.