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Re:Quantum supremacy, now with BosonSampling by elbear on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:03AM (#25300727)
If we know better than evolution then why are most people unhappy? Because we've created environments unlike those we evolved in. We live lives at odds with our evolutionary instincts.
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Re:Quantum supremacy, now with BosonSampling by TeMPOraL on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:08AM (#25300757)
Why would we be happy in our ancestral environment? Evolution doesn't optimize for happiness, but for reproductive fitness.
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Re:Quantum supremacy, now with BosonSampling by elbear on Friday December 04, 2020 @12:04PM (#25304777)
Fair enough. Well, the birth rate in developed countries is decreasing.

In any case, I think we have managed the counter the forces of natural selection that affect our physical health, but not those that affect our mental health.

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