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by oculusthrift 3352 days ago
i see some faulty reasoning there. humans have billions of years of evolution in them that contributes to their mate selection instinct. Notice that monkeys and birds also have good mate selection, it isn't a big-brained thing. Not sure how that has anything to do with selecting good engineers.
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Mate selection in evolution is not at all geared at the same things. If anything, I think instincts from that actually cause a lot of the failed relationships rather than improving them, since evolution doesn't really care about you having a long happy marriage.
it cares about you staying together long enough to raise kids. remember that also half of marriages end in divorce so it's not that great