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The human mind is tailored to the human situation, is what he meant. There are many things we cannot do, because it exists outside of our experience. For example, we can't memorise the contents of millions of web pages, nor can we do thousands of calculations in moments unaided. In this sense, our minds are specific purpose, even if that purpose is broad.



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