mamert comments on A Failed Just-So Story - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mamert 20 October 2015 09:19:03AM 1 point [-]

If you mean that the "binds tribes closer together" and related aspects are being grossly underestimated, I agree. The "costly sacrifices", too, may have been poorly assessed - the net effect for individuals, in their true circumstances at the time, may have been frequently positive. Or - this is not to be discounted either - believed to be positive.