(September 10, 2013 at 8:52 pm)Rahul Wrote: Stereotypes are an adaptive generalization because humans can't know the exact details of every individual that is alive. They exist because they are usually accurate. Science be damned. Humans created a lot of adaptive mental constructions that assisted our survival before the modern scientific method was created. Stereotypes are accurate more often than they are false.
"Found an adaptationist!"