10,000 Just so stories can't all be wrong

10,000 Just so stories can't all be wrong

The mere fact that a particular aspect of mind could offer an adaptive advantage is not enough to show that that property was in fact shaped by that adaptive advantage. Although it is possible that the tendency towards positive illusion is an evolved misbelief, it it also possible that positive illu...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2009-12, Vol.32 (6), p.529-529
1. Verfasser: Marcus, Gary F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bias
By products
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Machinery
Memory
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Zusammenfassung:The mere fact that a particular aspect of mind could offer an adaptive advantage is not enough to show that that property was in fact shaped by that adaptive advantage. Although it is possible that the tendency towards positive illusion is an evolved misbelief, it it also possible that positive illusions could be a by-product of a broader, flawed cognitive mechanism that itself was shaped by accidents of evolutionary inertia.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X09991452