Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works.

ER — 4/21/2013 4:48:09 AM (archived)

They are designed to allow us to survive long enough in the world to reproduce.

The second design criterion does not necessarily follow from the first. If it did, cockroaches would have become extinct a long time ago.

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Right wing terrorism in the USA - ER - 4/20/2013 4:44:29 PM
- Re: Right wing terrorism in the USA - Jody - 4/20/2013 5:02:26 PM
  - "Everyone has an agenda." - ER - 4/20/2013 5:13:33 PM
    - Re: "Everyone has an agenda." - Jody - 4/20/2013 5:25:08 PM
      - Did you know Anais Nin was part Cuban? - ER - 4/20/2013 5:31:53 PM
        
        Re: Did you know Anais Nin was part Cuban? - Jody - 4/20/2013 5:40:35 PM
        
        "Each friend represents a world..." - ER - 4/20/2013 6:15:58 PM
        
        Reality - TB - 4/21/2013 2:33:33 AM
        
        Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works. - ER - 4/21/2013 4:48:09 AM
        
        Re: Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works. - Jody - 4/21/2013 9:01:42 PM
        
        We have 4 tools to help us understand the world. - ER - 4/21/2013 9:53:59 PM
        
        Re: We have 4 tools to help us understand the world. - Jody - 4/21/2013 10:18:57 PM
        
        "Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works." - TB - 4/21/2013 7:46:01 PM
        
        It certainl does. - ER - 4/21/2013 8:50:56 PM
        
        Re: "Each friend represents a world..." - Jody - 4/20/2013 6:39:33 PM
        
        TB knew Anais in a previous life too. - ER - 4/20/2013 6:49:26 PM
        
        No bankers in my bloodline. - TB - 4/21/2013 2:34:54 AM
        
        We're not talking bloodlines. - ER - 4/21/2013 4:33:22 AM
        
        I think she and I were lovers in a previous life... - ER - 4/20/2013 5:56:15 PM
        
        Re: I think she and I were lovers in a previous life... - Jody - 4/20/2013 6:36:32 PM
        
        Try me. - ER - 4/20/2013 7:19:57 PM
        
        Re: Try me. - Jody - 4/20/2013 9:19:08 PM
        
        Wait, wait...don't tell me... - ER - 4/20/2013 9:34:19 PM
        
        Re: Wait, wait...don't tell me... - Jody - 4/20/2013 10:05:56 PM
        
        Is it this guy? - podrock - 4/20/2013 10:00:11 PM
        
        Re: Is it this guy? - Jody - 4/20/2013 10:05:06 PM
        
        Re: Is it this guy? - Jody - 4/20/2013 10:06:39 PM
        
        Is this what is meant by the 'Jody-o-Christian tradition'? n/t - ER - 4/21/2013 1:26:31 AM
        
        Re: Is this what is meant by the 'Jody-o-Christian tradition'? n/t - Jody - 4/21/2013 2:35:35 AM
        
        I wouldn't worry about it. - ER - 4/21/2013 4:35:14 AM

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