The anthropologists got it wrong when they named our species Homo sapiens (‘wise man’). In any case it’s an arrogant and bigheaded thing to say, wisdom being one of our least evident features. In reality, we are Pan narrans, the storytelling chimpanzee.
— Sir Terry Pratchett, The Globe (The Science of Discworld, #2), 2002
Thanks, I had to think of this one too.
GNU Terry Pratchett
I always thought the “sapiens” came from “thinking”, but I looked it up and it does come from wise! Homo cogitare would have meant thinking man.
I have to vehemently disagree on Pan; at most Australopithecus. narrans is a banger name though, i really like that.
And fire. Fire is essential for story time.
Especially spooky stories
…and his dick was so big, Snake fell in love with it. And that’s how the world was made. And that’s why I wear this funny hat to keep us all safe.
And that’s why Josh is a dick and we need to banish him
The more complex evolution makes a brain, the more likely animals are gonna do some weird shit with it.
“Heard you like brains, so we’ve put brains in brains inside your brains. Good luck trying to find out why.”
Currently reading “The Science of Storytelling” by Will Storr, it is quite good so far!
Ah yes Mr. Storr, inventor of the Story.
I’ve got this on my tablet. It keeps getting recommended to me.
I finished it just there. First chapter and bits of later chapter are great, but unfortunately the rest of the book is poorly sourced. For a book with “science” in title, I was expecting more rigour.
Plot twist evolution wanted social cohesion too
Na bro, you are just influenced by the Narativum in the atmosphere, which has nothing to do with your brain
Happy RPG noises
It’s time for a little story…
It’s definitely Storytime…
*Nightwish song starts playing*Gurk likes one with half man half mammoth
