The Cognitive Trade-Off Hypothesis

Did you know

That years ago

All we had

Was sticks and stones

To make our food

And build our homes

We collected birds

And we lived in holes

And most of us lived in the trees

We counted things at incredible speeds

We lived a life of simplicity

And eatin’ on bugs and little berries

We climbed down from the trees

And we learned to speak

We lost all of the hair from our bodies

Our ancestors were very weak

The other chimps kicked 'em out of the trees

And they were forced to learn how to speak

In exchange for other important things

But once on the ground we were exposed

To lions and tigers and predators

So we learned to speak to share our strategies

On how to survive as naked monkeys

We climbed down from the trees

And we learned to speak

We lost our detailed short-term memories

But what's all of this got to do with me?

Is there some sort of connection to my ADD

Climbed down from the trees

And we learned to speak

We lost our detailed short-term memories

But what's all of this got to do with me?

Is there some sort of connection to my ADD

We climbed down from the trees

And learned to speak

We lost all of our cognitive abilities

We climbed down from the trees

And learned to speak

And we lost all of the hair from our bodies