Because it confers a survival value. Genetic drift is due to randomness. — Relativist
Most of what's out there doesn't even register, our brain/mind makes a prediction, a model of what might be there based on prior experiences. — darthbarracuda
Is there a book you would recommend? — frank
So mind is goal oriented? Would you say mind is an anomoly in this regard? Or is nature pervasively devoted to purposes? — frank
Rather, some individuals happened to have genes that gave them more intelligent minds than the rest of the population — Relativist
It is an explanatory hypothesis that fits the facts better than any other. — Relativist
someone suggested that the quest to defeat chaos is the primary task of mind. Would you agree that this is true in some sense? — frank
Therefore we can conclude that the genetic changes supervene on the mental changes; ie no other causes need be postulated to explain what we see. — Relativist
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