Lumifer comments on Why safety is not safe - Less Wrong

48 Post author: rwallace 14 June 2009 05:20AM

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Comment author: BenFRayfield 04 December 2014 11:57:31PM 1 point [-]

The map is not the territory, but most people are happy to take the lack of dangers on their map as evidence of the safety of the terrirtory, so they dont update their maps.

Comment author: Lumifer 05 December 2014 05:05:27AM *  0 points [-]

most people are happy to take the lack of dangers on their map as evidence of the safety of the terrirtory

I believe they are mostly correct in that. What other evidence should they consider?

so they dont update their maps

That's a non sequitur. There are strong natural selection forces against this kind of behaviour.