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The Brain Rot to Learning Opportunity Bridge: 100 humans vs 1 Gorilla

Mike Skomba
Mike Skomba 21 days ago

I am not above using brain rot social media as a vehicle to start academic conversations.

Yesterday in my Big History section, students asked me about a social media trend (probably on SnapTok or InstaFace). It revolves around a 'driving' questions "who would win in a fight, 100 humans or 1 gorilla?"

We discussed collective learning, the cognitive revolution, homo sapien conflict via Neanderthals (via Sapiens excerpt), and the follow Nature paper who used back in Unit 5-6. 

Who do you think would win? 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15542-7

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  • Mike Skomba
    Mike Skomba 19 days ago

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  • Jazmin Puicon
    Jazmin Puicon 6 days ago in reply to Mike Skomba

    This is awesome!

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  • Amber Llewellyn
    Amber Llewellyn 6 days ago

    The discussion my class has had about this topic has been intense. I turned it into an opportunity to present your argument with actual evidence to back it up, and we had an interesting debate. 

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