Sure. But let’s take the average computer user’s analogy from another comment [1]. A random, average smartphone can use their device every day, and accomplish

Sure. But let’s take the average computer user’s analogy from another comment [1]. A random, average smartphone can use their device every day, and accomplish a great number of things without knowing how it actually works at all. For all they care, it could be powered by tiny fairies running in wheels like hamsters, and the Internet and cell networks could be irascible spirits connecting all smartphones together through a worldwide mycelium network. Knowing how smartphones and computers is not necessary for them to accomplish what they set to. The same way, if we actually needed to have a deeper understanding of our own inner workings to gain a noticeable survival edge, evolution would probably have taken care of that, the same way it has endowed nearly all of us with at least a basic survival instinct. By eliminating most individuals who don’t feel any need to eat food or drink water from the gene pool. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28292418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28292418