Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

Why so many of us a million years ago purposely knocked out major chunks of our brains with alcohol from time to time remains an interesting mystery. It may be we were trying to to give evolution a shove in the right direction -- in the direction of smaller brains.


Why so many of us a million years ago purposely knocked out

Summary

This quote suggests that the consumption of alcohol in human history might have been a deliberate attempt to reduce brain size and evolve in a specific direction. The author finds the fact that our ancestors willingly impaired their cognitive capacities with alcohol intriguing and wonders if it was an unconscious effort to drive evolutionary changes towards smaller brains. This perspective presents a thought-provoking mystery about the alcohol consumption habits in our past and its potential relation to human evolution.

By Kurt Vonnegut
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