arundelo comments on To what degree do we have goals? - Less Wrong

45 Post author: Yvain 15 July 2011 11:11PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 16 July 2011 03:48:04AM 2 points [-]

Who is meant to receive the signal sent by anger from a goal thwarted? My impression is that people try to keep a lid on such frustration, e.g. because it might make them appear childish.

Comment author: Will_Sawin 16 July 2011 02:19:42PM *  1 point [-]

Was this different in EEA?

Comment author: arundelo 17 July 2011 03:38:49AM 1 point [-]

Do you mean EEA?

Comment author: Will_Sawin 17 July 2011 05:38:25AM 0 points [-]

Yes.

I believe I mashed up that acronym and the phrase "ancestral environment" to end up with "AEE", but I'm not sure.