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> On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, andie nachgeborenen wrote:
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> > We are obviously not wired for logic. (I speak as a
> > former teacher of the subject, as well as a current
> > often futile supplicant on its merits to the courts.)
> > I wonder what the evolutionary advantage is in
> > thinking like that? Or do we survive despite thinking
> > in this half-assed way? jks
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> I'm often skeptical of the evolutionary psychology
> model, but I have to admit it actually makes sense
> in this case. Schemas or semantic networks allow
> us to organize our knowledge so that we can
> effectively retrieve it in the future.
They're also presumably organized to help us figure shit out, and not merely remember where we can find fish.
-- Luke