Everything is evolution

(written by lawrence krubner, however indented passages are often quotes). You can contact lawrence at: lawrence@krubner.com, or follow me on Twitter.

Just a reminder: every emotion that a person feels is an emotion that was facilitated by millions of years of evolution. Every thought or action that anyone can ever undertake is normative under the natural selection theory of evolutionary change. Reality dictates to the theory, the theory is not allowed to dictate to reality.

I am always surprised when people note a failure of their theory and they blame reality, rather than blaming the theory:

From an evolutionary point of view, Mitt Romney should get 100 percent of the female vote. All of it. He should get Michelle Obama’s vote. You can insert your own Mormon polygamy joke here, but the ladies do tend to flock to successful executives and entrepreneurs. Saleh al-Rajhi, billionaire banker, left behind 61 children when he cashed out last year. We don’t do harems here, of course, but Romney is exactly the kind of guy who in another time and place would have the option of maintaining one. He’s a boss. Given that we are no longer roaming the veldt for the most part, money is a reasonable stand-in for social status. Romney’s net worth is more than that of the last eight U.S. presidents combined. He set up a trust for his grandkids and kicked in about seven times Barack Obama’s net worth, which at $11.8 million is not inconsiderable but probably less than Romney’s tax bill in a good year. If he hadn’t given away so much money to his church, charities, and grandkids, Mitt Romney would have more money than Jay-Z.

If, in November, women do not vote for Romney, then that undermines the theory. It does not undermine the women.

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    https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/313504/boss?pg=1
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