V_V comments on MIRI's Approach - Less Wrong

34 Post author: So8res 30 July 2015 08:03PM

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Comment author: V_V 31 July 2015 07:22:45AM *  -1 points [-]

Evolution did the exact same thing to create humans, optimizing for genetic fitness. And humans still went and invented condoms.

Though humans are the most populous species of large animal on the planet.

Condoms were invented because evolution, being a blind watchmaker, forgot to make sex drive tunable with child mortality, hence humans found a loophole. But whatever function humans are collectively optimizing, it still closely resembles genetic fitness.

Comment author: Lumifer 31 July 2015 02:28:52PM *  2 points [-]

evolution, being a blind watchmaker, forgot to make sex drive tunable with child mortality

Looking at Japan, that's not self-evident to me :-/