it's anyone's guess what our brains evolved as a by-product of - natural selection isn't explanatory
The evidence that our brains have adapted is the evidence that our brains have evolved and evolution works by natural selection.
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But whether a specific cognitive ability or psychological trait is an adaptation or by-product of something else is less certain.
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it's unknowable
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it doesn't follow from the evidence that the brain evolved that it's an adaptation - natural selection is not an explanatory mechanism
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