Technologos comments on Instrumental vs. Epistemic -- A Bardic Perspective - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Technologos 25 April 2009 05:04:33PM 6 points [-]

Isn't this rather like the Bayesians v. Barbarians concept--that rational goals may sometimes require sub-parts of the entity reaching for those goals to simply fall in line?

The Game then becomes both a systematic way to override some evolutionary hangups while activating others more strongly, both of which help the person doing them to achieve deliberately chosen goals.

I see a useful analogy between the mind's control of its various sub-parts and a general's control of his brigades/troops.