“Fun”—if we are trying to treat the concept seriously—is better characterised as the proxy that brains use for the inclusive fitness of their associated organism.
No it isn’t. Brains don’t care about inclusive genetic fitness. At all. They never have. If you want evidence for that, note the fact that humans do things like use condoms. Also note that the growth of the world’s population is slowing and will probably stop by the end of the 21st century if trends continue.
You are misunderstanding me. Pleasure is literally evolution’s way of getting organisms do things that help them to increase their inclusive fitness. This idea is true, and is in no way refuted by condoms or the demographic transition.
You are misunderstanding me. Pleasure is literally evolution’s way of getting organisms do things that help them to increase their inclusive fitness.
It is evolution’s (metaphorical) way. When you say that brains use it as a proxy for genetic fitness that gave the impression that you thought brains literally cared about fitness and were optimizing for it.
You are misunderstanding me. Pleasure is literally evolution’s way of getting organisms do things that help them to increase their inclusive fitness. This idea is true, and is in no way refuted by condoms or the demographic transition.
It is evolution’s (metaphorical) way. When you say that brains use it as a proxy for genetic fitness that gave the impression that you thought brains literally cared about fitness and were optimizing for it.