[ExI] Meta question

John Clark johnkclark at gmail.com
Thu Aug 18 00:59:29 UTC 2016


On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 , Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

>
​> ​
> The point, perhaps inadequately stated, is that evolution has wired up
> humans to behave irrationally in circumstances where acting
> irrationally has benefited the genes over a long time.
>

​The only reason I like science and rationality in general is that it
works, but i
f irrational behavior works better than rational behavior then why be
rational? ​

​

 John K Clark​
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