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6 Post author: Manfred 31 August 2012 03:41AM

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Comment author: Manfred 31 August 2012 09:56:16PM 1 point [-]

I'm pretty sure we agree that since this example is non-observable, evolution isn't going to select for something like it :P

Yet here we are as a by-product of selecting for other things, apparently. So that's a reasonable point. You appear to have come up with an intuitive "circularly polarized brain."

Though that's not to say I'd take (C) - getting shot half the time is a rather awful trade for someone out there like me knowing something cool.