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John McCarthy wrote:

> 3. Human purposefulness and morality has and must have human sources.

Since the human brain is a result of evolution, human purposefulness and
morality has
and must have adaptive sources. It is even possible this applies to
religious impulses.
But this does not make them "true". It makes them biases that perhaps
served our
ancestors.

It's a major function of science to identify and correct for deep biases
of this sort;
this is perhaps the root source of the confllict between science and
religion, since
religion depends on such biases.  This seems also to be the root of the
conflict
between science and postmodernism.

--
Alan McGowen

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John McCarthy wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>3. Human purposefulness and morality has and must
have human sources.</blockquote>
Since the human brain is a result of evolution, human purposefulness and
morality has
<br>and must have adaptive sources. It is even possible this applies to
religious impulses.
<br>But this does not make them "true". It makes them biases that perhaps
served our
<br>ancestors.
<p>It's a major function of science to identify and correct for deep biases
of this sort;
<br>this is perhaps the root source of the confllict between science and
religion, since
<br>religion depends on such biases.&nbsp; This seems also to be the root
of the conflict
<br>between science and postmodernism.
<pre>--&nbsp;
Alan McGowen

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