We evolved to be good at learning and using rules of thumb, ...

We evolved to be good at learning and using rules of thumb, not at searching for ultimate causes and making fine distinctions. Still less did we evolve to spin out long chains of calculation that connect fundamental laws to observable consequences. Computers are much better at it!

Ch. 1, p. 8. - The Lightness of Being – Mass, Ether and the Unification of Forces (2008)

Frank Wilczek Quotes

We evolved to be good at learning and using rules of thumb, not at searching for ultimate causes and making fine distinctions. Still less did we...

We evolved to be good at learning and using rules of thumb, not at searching for ultimate causes and making fine distinctions. Still less did we...

We evolved to be good at learning and using rules of thumb, not at searching for ultimate causes and making fine distinctions. Still less did we...

We evolved to be good at learning and using rules of thumb, not at searching for ultimate causes and making fine distinctions. Still less did we...