sal feeling even when the individual who died was not a personal friend or relative.
             Universal human feelings can become the valid and valuable surrogates Gilbert claims they can be. As surrogates, universal human feelings will inform current and future decisions and potentially alter the course of human history. Gilbert points out how the preservation of the social system is more important than the accuracy of the decision. Making the wrong decision can serve a constructive sociological end because the means of transmission is more important than the message itself. Gilbert notes, "false beliefs that happen to promote stable societies tend to propagate because people who hold these beliefs tend to live in stable societies, which provide the means by which false beliefs propagate," (p. 217). Stability on a global level is a more important goal from a human evolutionary pe
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