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The human mind has evolved to solve adaptive problems from "summary" of Evolutionary Psychology by David M. Buss
The human mind is a product of millions of years of evolution, finely tuned to solve the adaptive problems faced by our ancestors. These adaptive problems are the challenges that our ancestors encountered in their environment, such as finding food, avoiding predators, attracting mates, and forming alliances. The human mind has been shaped by natural selection to solve these adaptive problems because those individuals who were better at solving them were more likely to survive and reproduce. For example, our ability to recognize faces quickly and accurately is likely an adaptation to the adaptive problem of identifying potential allies and enemies in social interactions. The concept of the human mind as a pr...
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