1/ @jordanbpeterson's main arguments rely on evolutionary psychology which focus on ultimate causes of behavior. It answers the five "Why?" questions. You need to consider evidence that may exist beyond the immediate environment. A simple illustration would be: https://twitter.com/IllimitableMan/status/961750250271727616 …
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4/ But why a cheeseburger, and not some other food? Because cheeseburgers are delicious.
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5/ But why are cheeseburgers delicious? Because they’re full of juicy, beefy goodness (i.e., they’re fatty and high in calories).
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6/ But why are fatty, high calorie foods delicious? Because, over the evolutionary history of life on Earth, animals that preferred to eat calorically dense foods were more likely to survive and reproduce than animals that preferred to eat less calorically dense foods.
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7/ Ultimately, you ate the cheeseburger because your ancestors ate fatty foods and survived to pass on that orientation to you.
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