Lumifer comments on Rationality Quotes Thread February 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 03 February 2015 07:10:18PM 1 point [-]

our ancestors' beliefs interacted with evolution by way of predictions (conscious or unconscious) and not by truth directly

I don't understand what this means.

this need have nothing to do with moral truth

Is this quote talking about morality and moral "truth"? That's not how I read it -- if it does, it needs more context.

Comment author: hairyfigment 03 February 2015 07:15:49PM -2 points [-]

I don't understand

Evolution determines gene survival by (to use a hypothetical example) whether or not you can throw a spear, rather than whether or not you have an accurate picture of the the underlying physics.

Is this quote talking about morality and moral "truth"?

Beats me, I just read the title underneath.

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