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An evolutionary biologist might say (in a candid moment), that our purpose is to increase our fitness (=fecundity) and the fitness of those genetically related
by whyenot 3y ago
An evolutionary biologist might say (in a candid moment), that our purpose is to increase our fitness (=fecundity) and the fitness of those genetically related to us.
- Freire_Herval 3y agoBrain facilities that were previously evolved to gain a darwinian competitive edge through strategic intelligence can now be utilized to break the mold of natural selection. There was no direct selection pressure that coordinated the development of your ability to understand evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary psychology is a side effect of intelligence. Breaking past our darwinian purpose is a side effect of our meta understanding of evolutionary biology and intelligence. As someone else said we, to a limited extend, can make our own purpose.