We can trace back the origin of the eye and some of the genes who have an impact on it.
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We can't always say the same for the cognitive modules dear to EvoPsych.
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We can't always know why abilities & traits adapted , no, but we can show that they did. Not independently of science tho.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @_attlee
I'd agree but I think their criticism is something akin to thishttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12052-008-0059-2 …
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That could be motivating it, yes, but what she's actually saying is 'show we differ mentally from fish without using biology.'
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Replying to @HPluckrose @OlivierLambert
the claim that the mind is adapted is a just-so story if there's no evidence apart from the data the hypothesis was constructed to explain
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No, I don't think. Tho 'mind' is very vague. The evidence of evolution of the brain is immense & supported from many different angles.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @OlivierLambert
“no” you don’t think its a just-so story if there’s no evidence independent of the data the hypothesis was constructed to explain?
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Replying to @_attlee @OlivierLambert
What would that look like? Evidence the brain evolved to give us cog abilities & psych traits outside of the fact that we have evolved them?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @OlivierLambert
i don't know what it would look like - i don't think there can be independent evidence
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Right. So I think we need to go with what we have.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @OlivierLambert
we don’t need to posit adaptations to explain differences in cognitive abilities and psychological traits
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