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" At the end of the day, we're a bunch of apes whose brains were optimized for defending ourselves and our tribes, not for doing unbiased evaluations of scientific evidence. So why get angry at humanity for not being great at something we didn't evolve to be great at? Wouldn't it make more sense to appreciate the ways in which we do transcend our genetic legacy? "

Julia Galef , The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't


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Julia Galef quote : At the end of the day, we're a bunch of apes whose brains were optimized for defending ourselves and our tribes, not for doing unbiased evaluations of scientific evidence. So why get angry at humanity for not being great at something we didn't evolve to be great at? Wouldn't it make more sense to appreciate the ways in which we do transcend our genetic legacy?