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.... Rather, the default network directs us to think about other people’s minds— their thoughts, feelings, and goals. To take what philosopher Daniel Dennett called “the intentional stance,” it promotes understanding and empathy, cooperation, and consideration. It suggests that evolution, figuratively speaking, made a big bet on the importance of developing and using our social intelligence for the overall success of our species by focusing the brain’s free time on it.
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What's the pronoun reference for the highlighted "it"?
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Bahareh M What's the pronoun reference for the highlighted "it"? It seems ambiguous whether it refers to "our social intelligence" or "developing and using our social intelligence".
- Bahareh M What's the pronoun reference for the highlighted "it"?
- It seems ambiguous whether it refers to "our social intelligence" or "developing and using our social intelligence".
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Bahareh MWhat's the pronoun reference for the highlighted "it"?
It seems ambiguous whether it refers to "our social intelligence" or "developing and using our social intelligence".
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