Strong Feelings

Why emotions are an extremely poor guide to action in our modern complex world

Allan Milne Lees

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Evolution had to solve a difficult problem. As vertebrates became increasingly complex, a wider range of ecological niches could be exploited. But a wider range of niches often implied greater environmental diversity, and greater diversity requires more complex choices to be made.

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Allan Milne Lees

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