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c7byesterday at 9:07 PM1 replyview on HN

Almost anything can be made sense of from an evolutionary perspective. Often even the opposite of what's being observed. Can be a fun game to play. The corollary is it's not useful for vetting theories for plausibility.


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SubiculumCodeyesterday at 11:12 PM

Certainly. However generating ideas from that perspective then taking it to gather empirical data testing whether that kind of dynamic exists, without relying on evolutionary time, is just fine.