Drahflow comments on Special Status Needs Special Support - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 May 2009 10:59PM

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Comment author: Drahflow 05 May 2009 09:20:46PM 2 points [-]

Actually "If A then B. And B. Hence A." is probably a bias in your very sense, namely heavily selected for due to heuristic value.

Example: You know: "Approaching Danger => Friendly People Crying" You perceive: "Friendly People Crying". Do you think there is danger?

Well, the friendly people might be practical jokers, on the other hand, people who take the "might be practical jokers" train of thought have a tendency to get their genes removed from the pool.