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The term "wrong" here confuses me more than anything. What's the point of the question? My comment is about how the need for closure is suboptimal for both the individual and the society
Let me rephrase the question in your terms, then. Why is the need for closure suboptimal? What are you optimizing for?
Consider hunger -- the desire to eat. It is "extremely selfish" and "suboptimal for both the individual and the society"?
Consider the need for solitude. Consider the desire to look pretty. Consider the yearning to be loved. Are they all "extremely selfish" and "suboptimal for both the individual and the society"?
Consider hunger -- the desire to eat. It is "extremely selfish" and "suboptimal for both the individual and the society"?
As a desire that causes us to fulfill a necessary condition for survival, as per physics, no. Survival is beneficial, while perhaps not always optimal, currently the best general rule that I can think of.
The other examples, modulo some signalling and escalation subtleties regarding the "look pretty" case that would require a separate and lengthy discussion, are similar cases in that the desires lead indi...