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SolomonW...
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:18 pm
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It is indeed a mystery why our species, which spent most of its
existence hunting game and gathering fruit and nuts, was pre-adapted for
higher mathematics, fine art, and modern physics. Evolutionary theory
has no explanation for this. Of course, it could be simply a fortuitous
exaption (that is, adaptation for one purpose deployed for a different
purpose), but many will find this to be too convenient a non-
explanation.

Herbert Gintis
Santa Fe Institute
Northampton, Massachusetts
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