A professor insists that our maps are quite unlike the territory and that evolution is to blame.
Seems to be right up LW's alley :-)
Is that yet another exercise in the "motte and bailey fallacy"? If there is any value in reading the article, please be specific about what it is.
I wasted some of my time to learn that... uhm... we pay more attention to things that can be relevant for our survival... and that agents are composed from smaller parts.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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