I have heard biologists speak of the “illusion of design,” that is, features that we all know developed naturally but reached so elegant a state that they make you feel they were made with a purpose in mind.
The evolution of social attitudes and customs appears to follow a similar pattern, but it raises the question of why our society didn’t evolve to maximize happiness instead of maximizing oppression, which appears to have been the designer’s aim all along.
I have heard biologists speak of the “illusion of design,” that is, features that we all know developed naturally but reached so elegant a state that they make you feel they were made with a purpose in mind. The evolution of social attitudes and customs appears to follow a similar pattern, but it raises the question of why our society didn’t evolve to maximize happiness instead of maximizing oppression, which appears to have been the designer’s aim all along.