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cousin_it comments on Open Thread, June 2-15, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: cousin_it 06 June 2013 10:03:25PM *  3 points [-]

Nope. I was kind of hoping some expert would answer.

To reformulate the question, is there some easy way to see that my prediction is wrong without going out and checking? The arguments in your first comment apply to all of evo-psych equally. Your second comment mentioned the "evolutionary-cognitive boundary" which doesn't seem to be what I want, unless I'm missing something...

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 06 June 2013 11:16:26PM 0 points [-]

It was an example of how people can incorrectly apply evolutionary psychology. Anyway, despite my previous comment, it's not clear to me that your prediction is in fact wrong.