Tooby and Cosmides note that cultural evolution is different than
genetic evolution. The latter is based more on special purpose "innate
human psychological mechanisms" (30). They even equate these mechanisms
with the "frame problem" (34). They also said:
"All normal human minds reliably develop a standard
collection of reasoning and regulatory circuits that are functionally
specialized and, frequently, domain-specific. These circuits organize
the way we interpret our experiences, inject certain recurrent concepts
and motivations into our mental life, and provide universal frames of
meaning that allow us to understand the actions and intentions of
others. Beneath the level of surface variability, all humans share
certain views and assumptions about the nature of the world and human
action by virtue of these human universal reasoning circuits."
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