You're going to need to be clear on what you're asking. What is covered by 'mind?' Cognitive abilities & psychological traits or no?
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what evidence favors an adaptive over a by-product explanation?
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For what, exactly?
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what evidence favors the hypothesis that the brain is an adaptation over the hypothesis that it's a by-product of adaptation?
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This doesn't really make sense because the brain is the self. Everything we do, want, think.
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no - selfhood is not reducible to anything physical
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Sorry, I've had enough of these assertions and more interesting conversations are happening now. Please move on.
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