Although just as the original example is prone to political criticism, this one may be prone to the critique that, as a matter of fact, in the generations after the discovery of evolution, quite a few humans did attempt to adopt their interpretation of evolution's goals as the proper goals of humanity.

Yes, but that's because most human beings interpret normative force as being a command coming from an authority figure, and vice-versa. Let them hallucinate an authority figure and they'll think there's reason to do what It says.