PhilGoetz comments on Guilt: Another Gift Nobody Wants - Less Wrong

67 Post author: Yvain 31 March 2011 12:27AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 31 March 2011 09:57:37PM 0 points [-]

First, guilt is just as associated with good outcomes as bad outcomes. If I kill my brother so I can inherit the throne, then even if everything goes according to plan and I become king, I may still feel guilt. But why should I recalibrate here?

In an evolutionary explanations for an emotion, the outcomes are summed over evolutionary history.