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
More contentiously,

更有争议的是
you could argue they've been shaped

你可以说它们是由自然选择
by natural selection to solve certain problems.

塑造来解决某些问题的
And so, from an evolutionary point of view,

所以从进化论的角度来看
when you look at what the brain is and what the brain does,

当你想弄清大脑是什么和做什么时
you look at it in terms of these problems.

你就可以用以上的理论来解释