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**GenManagerS** · 09-04-2010, 07:22 AM

Ad hoc evolutionary arguments of this type are worthless. Primarily because evolutions predicts absolutely nothing beyond "survivors survive."

Evolution explains why people don't cheat and why they do. Why people are nice and why they aren't. It really can work for anything.

There's really no end to this type of conjecture. And if the theory actually predicted something interesting, maybe this type of reasoning could be useful.

09-04-2010, 07:22 AM	#11
GenManagerS Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	Ad hoc evolutionary arguments of this type are worthless. Primarily because evolutions predicts absolutely nothing beyond "survivors survive." Evolution explains why people don't cheat and why they do. Why people are nice and why they aren't. It really can work for anything. There's really no end to this type of conjecture. And if the theory actually predicted something interesting, maybe this type of reasoning could be useful.
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