Potential Evolutionary Origins of Artistic Sense

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The discussion centers on the evolutionary origins of artistic sense, positing that sexual selection played a crucial role in the development of artistic talent among early humans. Participants argue that the ability to create visually appealing objects and music may have conferred advantages in mate attraction and survival. The conversation also touches on the genetic basis for creativity and the social dynamics influencing artistic expression in different cultures. Overall, the appreciation for art is framed as an epiphenomenon of functional skills that enhanced survival, rather than an isolated evolutionary trait.

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Jurgen Schmidhuber's model of curiosity

http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/curioussingapore/curioussingapore.html

He has done quite a bit of work on ideas like this about how neural networks might organize.

He also has a mathematically based theory of aesthetics.

http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0674 (note: some translation issues here, maybe)

http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/locoart/locoart.html

Seemed like an interesting companion to the paper cited above.
 
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