Caroline comments on Ends Don't Justify Means (Among Humans) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Caroline 15 October 2008 04:24:39AM 1 point [-]

Why must the power structure cycle be adaptive? I mean, couldn't it simply be non-maladaptive?

Because if the net effect on human fitness is zero, then perhaps it's just a quirk. I'm not sure how this affects your argument otherwise, I'm just curious as to why you think it was an adaptive pattern and not just a pattern that didn't kill us at too high a rate.