Statistical Life
From the evolution of intelligence to memory and information overload.
Dreams have been described as dress rehearsals for real life, opportunities to gratify wishes, and a form of nocturnal therapy. A new theory aims to make sense of it all.
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From the evolution of intelligence to memory and information overload.
Many a colorful figure have pointed out that a life is basically a statistical experience, made of moments like this one. If you put enough of those moments together, you learn to talk, fall in love, and grow old. If you're an economist, you can put a value on it. For a psychologist, the numbers sum to the ebb and flow of individuals, relationships, and cultures. On an even larger scale, evolution does the math. Statistical Life takes a data’s-eye-view on how these moments sum to us.