Human Copyright
A Major Exhibition on Thinking at the Musée de la civilisation
From november 25 2009 to september 6 2010
Thoughts are constantly flowing through our minds, but still remain impenetrable, enigmatic and fascinating. What do we know about them? Where do they come from? How do they form?
Directed along a progressive path, visitors are invited to discover objects and thoughts from researchers, artists, scientists and ordinary people whose determination and creative thinking have contributed to our evolution. You will learn, for instance, how Lascaux cave’s paintings, the alphabet, small stones used for counting, printing and early world maps influenced the evolution of thought.
From the origins of thought to artificial intelligence, the Human Copyright exhibition maps the journey of the most fundamental human faculty – thought – which paved the way for civilization. The ability to think, unique to our species, is our Human Copyright.
The prehuman
FOSSIL THOUGHTS
To understand the origins of modern humans, you must look to the past, to primate fossil thoughts.
Humans
CULTURAL ANIMALS
Language, creativity and the ability to symbolize set humans apart from animals.
The “posthuman”
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Since the dawn of time, we have dreamed about creating a being in our own image.
ARTIFICIAL DIALOGUE
By the end of the century, will science and technology create new beings, or “post-humans”?