shminux comments on Open Thread: March 4 - 10 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 05 March 2014 05:31:45PM *  3 points [-]

What's to elaborate? That your partner's smile seems to be directly connected to endorphins in your bloodstream? That knowing that your smile has the same effect on them makes it twice as potent? That your baby's first laugh or step makes all the sleepless nights to fade away? That your dog happily wagging its tail when you come home cheers you up after a hard day? "The ultimate incentive to cooperate" seems like an apt decision-theoretic description of what evolution wrought.

Comment author: Lumifer 05 March 2014 05:34:58PM *  2 points [-]

"The ultimate incentive to cooperate" seems like an apt decision-theoretic description of what evolution wrought.

It's actually considerably more than just incentive to cooperate. Valuing the welfare/happiness of another above your own leads to many things other than game-theoretic cooperation.

Comment author: Ritalin 05 March 2014 07:28:42PM 0 points [-]

I'd like to hear more of what you have to say about that.

Comment author: Lumifer 05 March 2014 07:32:26PM 1 point [-]

Love (and consequences) is a very wide topic :-) Do you have anything particular in mind?