Vladimir_Nesov comments on The curse of identity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 17 November 2011 06:28:56PM *  9 points [-]

Our psychological adaptations are not our purposes, we don't want to protect them, even though they contribute to determining what it is we want to protect. See Evolutionary Psychology.