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Brains Trade Strengths For Weaknesses
- Differences in brains are not necessarily better or worse; many traits are features with trade-offs.
- Understanding costs and benefits helps decide which cognitive specializations you want to cultivate.
Diversity Was Evolutionary Advantage
- Evolution likely favored a diversity of brain types so groups gain complementary skills.
- Traits like high vigilance or exploratory attention could have been adaptive roles within ancestral teams.
Understanding Others Is Learned
- Theory of mind is learned from the environment, not just genes, according to twin studies.
- Shared environment shaped children's ability to infer others' minds more than genetics did in that study.