The mind supervenes on the brain.
Our brains seem to have evolved through some positive-feedback processes -- probably a combination of 1) sexual selection through mutual mate choice (see 'The Mating Mind') 2) competition within groups 3) competition between groupshttps://twitter.com/howbrainsevolve/status/1091011784360759298 …
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Dr. Miller, what's your take on Michael Tomassello's work on "The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition"? It seems to point generally in these directions.
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TBH haven't read it yet, so can't comment.
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Yet this ignores both the negative feedback mechanisms required to prevent such positive feedback mechanisms from introducing unsustainable volatility, and the fact that costly non-kin cooperation remains one of the most powerful yet theoretically contentious evolutionary forces.
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