The second idea, the rejection of Descartes,

第二个观点笛卡尔的反驳
is that our minds are

说我们的心理活动
the product of physical things and physical events.

是自然物质和自然事件的产物
You bring these together and it forces you

当你把两个观点结合起来的时候
to the perspective that what we are--

它会促使你了解我们是什么
our mental life is no less than the eye, no less than camouflage,

我们的心理活动和眼睛伪装一样
the product of this purely physical process of natural selection.

是自然选择中纯自然过程的产物
More to the point,

更确切的说
our cognitive mechanisms were evolved

我们的认知机制的出现
not to please God,

并不是为了取悦上帝
not as random accidents,

也不是偶然
but rather for the purpose of survival and reproduction.

而是为了生存和繁衍后代