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title: ""Human creativity is based on thousands of years of cultural…"
date: 2026-01-23
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships added a new photo.
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# "Human creativity is based on thousands of years of cultural…

*January 23, 2026 · Facebook*

\"Human creativity is based on thousands of years of cultural evolution, many years of upbringing, and hundreds of hours of search and trial and error.\
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By the time a human reaches 18 years of age, they have been \"trained\" on approximately 20,000 to 70,000 Terabytes (20-70 Petabytes) of raw multimodal data.\
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All this happened while they were grounded in physical reality and received direct feedback from their actions.\
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And then there is the evolutionary prior, high-quality genetic data that has been fine-tuned over hundreds of millions of years.\
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So no, humans don\'t just magically pull out-of-distribution data from the platonic realm.\"\
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\-- Alexander Kruel

![](img/2026-01-23-fb-006-img01.webp){creativity="" based="" thousands="" cultural="" evolution,="" many="" upbringing,="" hours="" search="" trial="" error.="" by="" time="" a="" human="" reaches="" 18="" years="" age,="" have="" \"trained\"="" on="" approximately="" 20,000="" to="" 70,000="" terabytes="" (20-70="" petabytes)="" raw="" multimodal="" data.="" all="" this="" happened="" while="" they="" were="" grounded="" in="" physical="" reality="" received="" direct="" feedback="" their="" actions.="" and="" then="" there="" is="" evolutionary="" prior,="" high-quality="" genetic="" that="" has="" been="" fine-tuned="" over="" hundreds="" millions="" of="" years.="" so="" no,="" humans="" don't="" just="" magically="" pull="" out-of-distribution="" data="" from="" the="" platonic="" realm.\"="" --="" alexander="" kruel\"="" style="max-width:100%; margin:1em 0"}