[FRIAM] A million year old driving assistant

[Jochen Fromm]

I am reading at the moment the German translation of "The Museum of Abandoned Secrets" from the Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko. It is a long novel about the history of Ukraine. She writes sentences as long as pages where one metaphor follows the next like pearls on a necklace of beads.One of these metaphors made me think if we can describe emotions as a "driving assistant" for the vehicles created by our selfish genes. A driving assistant shaped by million years of evolution which wakes up in the right moments and guides us in the right direction (whenever it is supper- or pairing time). If we select the right direction, then it rewards us by a boost of energy or fuel.Does it make sense to extend Dawkins' metaphor like this? Our BMW 330E has for example a system that warns the driver if he comes to close to the edge of the lane. Then the wheel starts to vibrate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_systems-J.
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