Torello comments on Rationality Quotes Thread February 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Torello 04 February 2015 06:00:12AM 0 points [-]

He's using "indifferent" metaphorically. He would completely agree that natural selection has no mind.

What he means is that natural selection operates on differential rates of reproduction of genes, not on the accuracy/truth of the beliefs that the mind of an individual holds.