It goes beyond just highly intelligent people. Complex brains did not evolve as such by adding neurons, but also with subtle recursive feedback loops to regulate it. For instance some personality disorders are linked to genes that express dysfunctional isozymes of monoamine oxidase neuropeptides that regulate signalling between neocortical and amygdala regions. This permits the executive decision and emotional regions to control each other. If we just multiply neurons it is a dicey prospect this feedback will scale linearly.
People with malignant behavioral disorders, such as narcissism, psychopathy and borderline disorders are a problem for not just themselves, but all of us. BTW, I was in a relationship with a woman with borderline disorder. It was exhausting. These problems stem from the neocortical and limbic regions of the brain being out of proper synchronicity. We start designing brains and you can be sure human wreckage will be all around us. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/47c4c854-8fc5-464a-b6bb-b105eafd8c2fo%40googlegroups.com.
