What David Geary has said about Default mode network
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 5, 2026
David Geary, Evolutionary psychologist, cognitive scientist, and professor at the University of Missouri, has been quoted on Default mode network once in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on November 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Geary explains that better front-to-back brain connectivity lets humans use the default mode network to simulate future states rather than just relive the past.
“we can take that system and generate images ourself instead of just reliving past stuff we can take that system and generate a future state”
Modern Wisdom: How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172 (Nov 5, 2026) · Listen from 31:49
Episodes
How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172Modern Wisdom · Nov 5, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Evolutionary psychologist David Geary tells Chris Williamson how male coalitional warfare, status competition, and technology shaped human brain evolution and modern behavior.
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