Swimmer963 comments on Belief in Self-Deception - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Swimmer963 22 February 2011 04:34:24PM 0 points [-]

I've thought a lot about this question. How about this: a small portion of our brain is dedicated to universal computation, and the rest is dedicated to shortcuts/heuristics that allow us to actually function.