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by xjay 776 days ago
See also: The Elephant in the Brain [1]

> The main thesis of the book is that we are very often not aware of our real reasons for most of our behaviours. Our behaviors are optimised for living in a social group and very often, from the point of view of natural selection, it is useful if we are not consciously aware of our real motivations. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elephant_in_the_Brain

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That’s sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing this.