One Huge Reason Why You Should Learn To Persuade Others
One of the biggest recent mysteries regarding the development of the human species is our enormous brains. Compared to our body size, our brains are the biggest on the planet.
Some argue it was because of our use of tools. Some say it was because we lived in so many different environments that we had to learn to be creative, and that required lots of computing power. A growing number are starting to agree it was our need for language that drove our increase in brain size.
So why then, did we develop language? Many animals migrate thousands of miles every year, and don’t require any complicated speech.
When you think about language as a tool, it might be easier to understand. What do we use this tool for? Chopping down trees? Language may be the most versatile tool ever.
Most would say the purpose of language is to communicate information. Pure data, or streams of instructions and directions. How to get home, or find that great hunting spot.
A growing number of evolutionary psychologists are starting to agree that the real purpose behind language is persuasion. To influence. To manipulate each other into our way of thinking.