McKay & Dennett (M&D) convincingly argue against many proposals for adaptively functioning misbelief, but the conclusion that true beliefs are generally adaptive does not follow. Adaptive misbeliefs may be few in kind but many in number; maladaptive misbeliefs may routinely elude selective pruning; reproductively neutral misbeliefs may abound; and adaptively grounded beliefs may reliably covary with but not truthfully represent reality.
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Hitotsubashi Univ, Fac Econ, Kunitachi, Tokyo 1868601, Japan
RIETI, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 1008901, JapanHitotsubashi Univ, Fac Econ, Kunitachi, Tokyo 1868601, Japan
Ishikawa, Jota
Tarui, Nori
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