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Healing, which I'll send you, but it's almost now quaint with all that we know of now. But I used that word which annoyed a lot of people, including Richard Dawkins, who ridiculed me, and I said, "Listen, I'm using it as a metaphor." All science, I was saying, was a metaphor anyway, but it was then that I also

which annoyed a lot of people, including Richard Dawkins, who ridiculed me, and I said, "Listen, I'm using

kin continuity, they were statements about the origin and need of long-term investments by parents at the human level. In contrast to his teacher Plato who, in his Republic, had advocated removing children from their biological parents in an effort to overcome the civil frictions created by nepot

ome selection within groups. He further suggested that group selection is nearly always weak, so that group-related adaptations do not exist (3). Richard Dawkins (I) popularized the notion that traits which evolve arc adaptive at the gene level through his use of the metaphor of the selfish gene. Genes ser

-8). For instance, in The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doct

aking, they are the best learners in the universe. Much of the process of turning data into theories happens before we are five. Since Aristotle and Plato, there have been two basic ways of addressing the problem of how we know what we know, and they are still the main approaches in machine learning. Ar

been critiqued by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, myself, and others. We can discuss “should” if f

oted that “science and religion occupy two separate realms.” This 166 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016386 division has been critiqued by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, myself, and others. We can discuss “should” if framed as “we should do X in order to achieve Y.” Which Y should be a high priority is not necessaril

aking, they are the best learners in the universe. Much of the process of turning data into theories happens before we are five. Since Aristotle and Plato, there have been two basic ways of addressing the problem of how we know what we know, and they are still the main approaches in machine learning. Ar

been critiqued by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, myself, and others. We can discuss “should” if f

oted that “science and religion occupy two separate realms.” This 166 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016969 division has been critiqued by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, myself, and others. We can discuss “should” if framed as “we should do X in order to achieve Y.” Which Y should be a high priority is not necessaril

of kin continuity, they were statements about the origin and need of long-term investments by parents at the human level. In contrast to his teacher Plato who, in his Republic, had advocated removing children from their biological parents in an effort to overcome the civil frictions created by nepotism,

(3-8). For instance, in 7he God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doct

science (or religion) is the one and only valid way of understanding human behavior and the world around us (3-8). For instance, in 7he God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doctrines under the scrutiny of science only to find that none passes scientific muster. The vast major

that life should be lived to its fullest Hauser Evilicious. Front matter 2 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012748 Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. — Plato To witness suffering does one good, to inflict it even more so. — Friedrich Nietzsche Man produces evil as a bee produces honey. — William Golding

ly involved in manipulating these patterns, using artificial selection to alter the size, shape, coloration, and lifespan of plants and animals. The Darwins of today continue this tradition, but with new tools, informed by understanding of the genetic code and aided by technical developments in engineerin

y wanted to lure in an innocent victim for robbery send a seductive smile? This line of questioning, developed by the British evolutionary biologists Richard Dawkins and John Krebs, led to a number of studies showing that animals are engaged in a much more complicated and dynamic dance when they compete. Static pr

strates that the discovery that 'nature really follows the simple and elegant rules intuited by the twentieth- and twenty-first- century versions of Plato's philosopher? is one of the most astonishing achievements of the human intellect." —Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics

o endure any- thing, rather than think as they do and live after their manner." So much for those whose lives are lived entirely in illusion, which Plato suggests includes most of humanity. Then, the allegory states that the journey upward—into the light—is the ascent of the soul into the intellectua

some scientists are Republicans or some are flat-earthers or some are creationists. It doesn't imply causality or consistency. My friend Rich- ard Dawkins has told me of a professor of astrophysics who, during the day, writes papers that are published in astronomical journals assuming that the univers

t is really there." I did so because the story I have told is the most profound ex- ample of this wise observation that I know of. I next described Plato's Allegory of the Cave because I know of no better or more lyrical representation of the actual history of science. The triumph of human existence

ts and useful suggestions and corrections in response, and I want to thank both Sheldon Glashow and Wally Gilbert for their suggestions, as well as Richard Dawkins, and I am particularly indebted to one of the colleagues I admire most for his contributions as a scientist and his sci- entific integrity, who woul

ilbert for their suggestions, as well as Richard Dawkins, and I am particularly indebted to one of the co

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Healing, which I'll send you, but it's almost now quaint with all that we know of now. But I used that word which annoyed a lot of people, including Richard Dawkins, who ridiculed me, and I said, "Listen, I'm using it as a metaphor." All science, I was saying, was a metaphor anyway, but it was then that I also go

which annoyed a lot of people, including Richard Dawkins, who ridiculed me, and I said, "Listen, I'm using

ain, Dana, & Newman, 2014; Dana, Cain, & Dawes, 2006; DellaVigna, List, & Malmendier, 2012), anticipation of reputational benefits or reciprocity (as Plato’s Glaucon suggests, when he proffers that even a pious man would do evil if given a ring that makes him invisible; Trivers, 1971). At the extreme, th

n The Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma has famously been used as an explanation for the evolution of cooperation among non-kin (Axelrod & Hamilton, 1981; Dawkins, 2006; Pinker, 2003; Trivers, 1971). In this section, we show how the same basic model can be used to explain many of the quirky features of our pro-