roystgnr comments on Evolutionary psychology as "the truth-killer" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: roystgnr 24 July 2012 01:36:31AM 1 point [-]

What is this "our belief-forming faculties" category? Humans have lots of vastly different ways of forming beliefs. Although all of them are imperfect, some of them have turned out to be incredibly effective, while others have obvious, repeatedly demonstrated failure modes. Rationality isn't about recognizing we're wrong and then giving up, it's about recognizing we're wrong and then figuring out how we can become less so.