Annoyance comments on Actions and Words: Akrasia and the Fruit of Self-Knowledge - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Annoyance 15 April 2009 03:27PM

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Comment author: Annoyance 16 April 2009 05:51:37PM 0 points [-]

I don't disagree strongly with this point, but current understanding suggests that our intelligence developed in a positive feedback process of trying to anticipate others. Those who were best at anticipating and manipulating others then set the new ground competence. The hypothetically-resulting runaway loop may explain a great deal.

Comment author: robzahra 17 April 2009 09:28:33AM 0 points [-]

Annoyance, I don't disagree. The runaway loop leading to intelligence seems plausible, and it appears to support the idea that partially accurate modeling confers enough advantage to be incrementally selected .