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Lessons from Physics and Networks
The sparks model can be tested against analogies from other sciences.
Synchronization in physics. Consider fireflies: a few flash randomly, but
under certain conditions, they synchronize. This requires a common trigger
(light pulses). Without it, flashes remain scattered. Symbolic sparks
resemble unsynchronized fireflies until ~70kya, when a global trigger
synchronizes them.
Network theory. In network science, isolated nodes do not suddenly align
unless an external synchronizer acts on the system. Regional sparks are like
unconnected nodes; without a unifying ignition, their innovations should
remain fragmented. Instead, we see a global lockstep — evidence of a
shared synchronizer.
These analogies show why scattered sparks alone cannot explain the global
symphony.
Philosophical Weakness
The sparks model also suffers a deeper problem: it inflates exceptions into rules.
A few isolated engravings are used to argue for gradual symbolic evolution.
But exceptional sparks are not evidence of stable fire.
To equate them is like calling a single raindrop a storm.
Science demands caution: isolated anomalies must not be mistaken for systemic
revolutions.
Closing Reflection
The sparks model rightly notes that symbolic behaviors flickered long before
70kya. But it fails three decisive tests:
1.Scale: Sparks are isolated and vanish; they never grow into cumulative
traditions.
2.Synchrony: Independent sparks do not explain simultaneous stabilization
across continents.
3.Demography: Expansions align with ignition, not scattered local
inventions.
APH integrates the sparks but explains why only one became fire. The Qur
ʾān
names it as Adam’s trust-bearing threshold; science measures it as the sudden
synchronization of symbols, genes, and populations.