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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Darwinian Learning and Human Educability

This chapter examines learning from a Darwinian lens, focusing on the development of models that improve reproductive fitness and how natural selection functions as a learning algorithm. It emphasizes the complexities of human educability, distinguishing our advanced learning abilities from those of animals, and explores the cognitive processes that allow for the integration of knowledge across different contexts.

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