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Another Appropos Quote

I came across another intriguing quote just now, this time not in a song (the one on my iPhone at the moment is instrumental :-), but in a New York Magazine article online.

From Cacioppo’s point of view, our large brains didn’t evolve in order to do multivariable calculus or compose sonatas. They evolved in order to process social information—and hence to work collaboratively.
Alone Together, New York Magazine, December 1, 2008

I've only read the article up to that quote, but I'm bookmarking it to finish later.