From: [email protected]


In article <[email protected]>,
  [email protected] wrote:
>
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> >   [email protected] wrote:

[...with respect to 'holistic rationality'...]

> > > I don't know how this feature could have
> > > arisen, since from his perspective it goes against the grain of natural > > selection.
>
> As a maladaptive by-product of an adaptation which is sufficiently
> advatageous to warrant a significant down side.  The physical cost/
> benefit analysis still comes out in the black, because the massive
> increase in the FACILITY to survive (the epistemic component of
> our rationality, e.g., printing, the scientific method, etc.)
> is sufficiently beneificial to outweigh the negative effects of
> a significant reduction in THE WILL to survive (a red-shift
> away from the optimal valuative profile for maximizing reproductive
> success) which must be tolerated to reap those benefits.

Now, I'm not big on this whole 'rationality' idea to start with and I'm
still not sure what 'holistic rationbality' is about so I'd appreciate a
restatement of that...


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