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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 10 Sep 2017

    Helen Pluckrose Retweeted ATTLEE

    Does this question make any sense at all? Given what the brain is?https://twitter.com/_attlee/status/906698825611354113 …

    Helen Pluckrose added,

    ATTLEE @_attlee
    Replying to @HPluckrose
    what evidence favors the hypothesis that the brain is an adaptation over the hypothesis that it's a by-product of adaptation?
    2:19 AM - 10 Sep 2017
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      2. Greg Stevens‏Verified account @gregstevens 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I think it's an attempt to be invoke the Spandrel idea ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandrel_(biology) … ) and say that all mental traits are spandrels /1

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      3. Greg Stevens‏Verified account @gregstevens 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @gregstevens @HPluckrose

        ...or perhaps that all cognition as a whole is a spandrel? The problem is I don't see where that argument is heading. Even if the case, /2

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      4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @gregstevens

        I think it is motivated by proving a philosophical point rather than denying evolution. That evo-psych is ad-hoc & therefore not scientific.

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      5. Greg Stevens‏Verified account @gregstevens 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Mm hmm...it's a vague enough argument it can be applied to literally anything. One can always say "such and such may have been a by product"

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      6. Greg Stevens‏Verified account @gregstevens 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @gregstevens @HPluckrose

        Maybe the ability to make tools was a side-effect of evolutionary pressure for building little sculptures to impress potential mates! Etc.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Greg Stevens‏Verified account @gregstevens 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @gregstevens @HPluckrose

        Stupid hypotheticals.

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      8. Greg Stevens‏Verified account @gregstevens 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @gregstevens @HPluckrose

        The fact is, that kind of "argument" is what breaks from scientific method: if you think X is a spandrel, put forth a specific prediction /1

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      9. Greg Stevens‏Verified account @gregstevens 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @gregstevens @HPluckrose

        that would be true if X were a spandrel and false if it were not, and then test that prediction. That's how you do science.... /2

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      1. (((Christian JB)))  🐌‏ @christianjbdev 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Haha, maybe the brain was a by-product of making noses. Noses have to be attached to a skull, and skulls have to be filled with something.

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      1. Socrates‏ @socratictimes 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        This whole thread made me laugh in frustration. All before my first coffee.

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      1. (((ɹoqǝɹʇs ɹ ɔ)))‏ @MetaRantz 10 Sep 2017
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        There are dinosaurs in Monrovia that specialise in eating hypothetical brainstorming sessions for a few more years as the time passes.

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      1. Saltbites‏ @saltsnake 10 Sep 2017
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        It doesn't. I'd ask if it were a by-product, of which adaptation would this person be talking about?

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      1. [Ravi] {{{Oli}}}‏ @SatyreContraire 10 Sep 2017
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        This doesn't makes sense no. The ability to resolve math problems is a by product of adaptations. Innate fear of animals is not.

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