Evo-psych people reading this tweet be like: "that's a total straw-man! We never made any such claim!"
I think this is the difference. Attitude. You feel constrained by biological body & brain whilst I marvel at what they enable us to do.
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We're free in the sense that our future actions are truly not constrained by our past experience or evolutionary history.
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It's awe-inspiring that our future actions have been enabled by our past experience and evolutionary history.
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Yes it is, but you don't give your parents credit for absolutely everything you do!
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I give them credit for my existence which enables me to do what I do. I don't regard their decision to procreate as constraining me.
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As do I. I give evolution credit for the existence of my brain. Thanks evolution!
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As I said. I don't think we disagree. I think we have different attitudes where you'd like to hear less abt the evolutionary bases...
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...of everything because you are forward-looking & more inspired by developments & outcomes than origins.
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I am interested in those too but am most interested in psychology & history. I'm backward-looking but not in the sense of wanting to return!
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