Miller comments on Rationality Quotes: June 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Miller 01 June 2011 11:52:54PM 58 points [-]

The megalomania of the genes does not mean that benevolence and cooperation cannot evolve, any more than the law of gravity proves that flight cannot evolve. It means only that benevolence, like flight, is a special state of affairs in need of an explanation, not something that just happens.

  • Pinker, The Blank Slate
Comment author: Antisuji 02 June 2011 05:41:47PM *  1 point [-]

The great thing about this quote for me is that when I read it I can hear Pinker's voice saying it in my mind.