''Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind'' is a 2008 non-fiction book by American psychologist

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. A " kluge" is a patched-together solution for a problem, clumsily assembled from whatever materials are immediately available. Marcus's book argues that the human brain employs many such kluges, and that

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often favors genes that give "immediate advantages" over genes that provide long-term value.

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