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Comment author: roland 22 October 2009 07:14:13PM * 7 points [-]

Our minds are like inmates, captive to our biology, unless we manage a cunning escape.

-- Nassim Taleb

Comment author: RobinZ 22 October 2009 07:18:41PM 0 points [-]

How does one escape from biology? This seems more closely related to transhumanism than rationality.

Comment author: hirvinen 22 October 2009 11:40:59PM 3 points [-]

By applying software patches that detect hardware faults and compensate or work around them.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 October 2009 02:19:10AM 0 points [-]

Comment author: roland 22 October 2009 08:57:05PM * 0 points [-]

How does one escape from his biases?

Comment author: RobinZ 22 October 2009 09:33:52PM 0 points [-]

Comment author: roland 22 October 2009 11:18:44PM 0 points [-]

I think that's what Taleb wanted to say.