A Quote by Jerry Fodor

It simply isn't true, for example, that being big is in general better for fitness than being small except when there are effects of interacting variables; or that flying slow and high is in general better for fitness than flying fast and low except when there are effects of interacting variables; or that being monogamous is in general better for fitness than being polygamous... except when there are effects of interacting variables... It's not that the underlying generalizations are there but imperceptible in the ambient noise.

Jerry Fodor

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Ambient Being Better Big Effects Example Except Fast Fitness Flying For Example General Generalizations High Interacting Low Noise Simply Slow Small Than True Underlying Variables

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Jerry Fodor
American - Philosopher
Born: 1935

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Bob Balaban

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Varun Dhawan

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