If you think about it, revering your ancestors is just weaksauce creationism/descent-of-man thinking.
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. Hence the bolded *on average* clause. The best of humanity has always been about the same. High water mark hasn't moved much
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Ah that. Tautologically it would have to be functional to survive, but that doesn't mean it's rational. Just memetically robust
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I don't think my ancestors were perfect, but their Darwinian fitness was above-average, so I figure I can learn at least a thing or 2.
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