Vladimir_Nesov comments on Evolutionary psychology as "the truth-killer" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 26 July 2012 07:18:06AM *  2 points [-]

Presence of a physical explanation doesn't interfere with the more relevant decision theoretic explanation. The same fact can have multiple causes/explanations, in particular multiple causes each of which determines what happens. A sense of conflict between such different explanations that are not mutually exclusive is just a mistaken intuition you should get rid of.