Universal: Being Human Flashcards
1
Q
what are you?
A
- primate with adaptive tricks
- matured inside a modern reality that is complex
- removed from the world you were adapted for
2
Q
what is naive realism
A
the idea that our senses are giving us an accurate understanding or objective reality
- experience of being human vs. a termite or dung beetle
3
Q
what is instinct blindness
A
the tendency to treat instinctual feelings and perceptions as so obvious that they do not need explanation
- must consider evolutionary history; will help us understand why the world feels and seems the way it does
4
Q
when was the last common ancestor between humans and chimps?
A
at least 7 million years ago
- nearly 7 million years of being hunter-gatherers
5
Q
When did state-level societies emerge?
A
within the last 5,000 years
6
Q
inference systems designed to solve problems hunter-gatherers faced:
A
- finding food
- acquiring mates
- avoiding predation
- building alliances and cooperative ventures
think of the mind as a general purpose tool
