Obviously, I don't think we "evolved" rationality, but it is interesting how many people use this gift of reason today. The conclusions drawn are more a reflection of our society and civilization's mental health...hurt, defensive, insecure, and/or selfish.
Excerpt:
"For centuries thinkers have assumed that the uniquely human capacity for reasoning has existed to let people reach beyond mere perception and reflex in the search for truth. Rationality allowed a solitary thinker to blaze a path to philosophical, moral and scientific enlightenment.
Now some researchers are suggesting that reason evolved for a completely different purpose: to win arguments. Rationality, by this yardstick (and irrationality too, but we'll get to that) is nothing more or less than a servant of the hard-wired compulsion to triumph in the debating arena."
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