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Comment author: raisin 06 May 2014 05:00:04PM *  2 points [-]

your brain is already a finely-tuned machine for learning and doing.

Does this by extension imply that the type of instrumental rationality training advocated by LW is useless? Why, why not?

Comment author: lmm 06 May 2014 08:51:31PM 4 points [-]

Largely, but not entirely. There are cases where evolution optimises for something different from what you want. And there are cases where the environment has changed faster than evolution can track.

Comment author: Lumifer 06 May 2014 09:27:08PM 0 points [-]

There are cases where evolution optimises for something different from what you want.

Evolution always optimizes for the same thing :-/

If you want something different, that's your problem :-D

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 07 May 2014 07:26:38AM *  2 points [-]

Is it time to restart the "Read the Sequences" meme?

Specifically: The Tragedy of Group Selectionism

Comment author: Benito 07 May 2014 04:09:04PM 1 point [-]

Well, at least read the wiki entry.

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