Chapter 5
Primate Numbers
Introduction: Who’s on First?
In Chapter 2 we examined two energy forms that reveal much of our world to us, electromagnetic waves and mechanical waves, and then we discovered how eyes and ears evolved an ability to perceive this world. Along the way, we discovered that not only did our ears evolve to perceive mechanical waves in the form of sound, but that they had a peculiar ability to apprehend time and directly connected to the emotional centers of our brains. In Chapter 3 we examined that unique relationship of our ears to our perception of time, and then discovered that time itself was something of a moving target. Time is not absolute as we often believe, but relative to each individual. We proposed then, that ...
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