It is almost as if the human brain were specifically designed to misunderstand Darwinism, and to find it hard to believe.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Human intuition often struggles to grasp evolutionary concepts like natural selection, leading to misunderstanding.
- In plain terms
- Brains are wired to find hard hard to believe.
- What can you take from it?
- Intuitive thinking conflicts with evolutionary reasoning.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is evolution hard?
- How do we trust intuition?
Another view
It generalizes human cognitive limitations too broadly.
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