--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > <snip> > > Re digital introspection - I wonder how long it takes for such > > brain changes to be established to the point they could be > > passed on to offspring. > > Basically forever, if you're talking about genetic > transmission.
You're right. However, in a Darwinian sense, those with brains who do well with all this technology will be at an advantage and possibly pass along their genes more often. > > That would be called "inheritance of acquired > characteristics," and the notion--popularized by > Lamarck in the early 19th century--was ultimately > thoroughly discredited. > > Cultural transmission, of course, is a very different > story. >
