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> It hardly seems odd that the mathematics created by the physics and chemistry of the brain is very good at describing the physics and chemistry of the world t
by IAmBroom 2mo ago
> It hardly seems odd that the mathematics created by the physics and chemistry of the brain is very good at describing the physics and chemistry of the world the brain’s physics and chemistry is evolved to track.
You just assigned intent to evolution. Evolutionary theory emphatically avoids, even precludes, intent.
Furthermore, the "mathematics created by the physics and chemistry of the brain" is only our modeled attempt to describe the actual "physics and chemistry of the world". The two ideas are separated by so many layers of complexity that work should be shown to establish that there is, in fact, circularity in the process. (Water molecules are bound by electromagnetism, but this did not cause us to build Maxwell's Laws with our watery brains.)
- randomImmigrant 2mo agoWhere did I assign intent? The brain is good at tracking the physics and chemistry of the world not because it was designed to, but because being able to is an evolutionary advantage. I’m not clear why that needs intent. Good fortune through a random process doesn’t meant there was a teleological purpose to that random process.