If the brain were naturally a universal learner, then surely we wouldn't have to learn universal learning (e.g. we wouldn't have to learn to overcome cognitive biases, Bayesian reasoning wouldn't be a recent discovery, etc.)? The system seems too gappy and glitchy, too full of quick judgement and prejudice, to have been designed as a universal learner from the ground up.
You are conflating the ideas of universal learning and rational thinking. They are not the same thing.
I'm a strong believer in the idea that the human intelligence emerges from a strong... (read more)
You are conflating the ideas of universal learning and rational thinking. They are not the same thing.
I'm a strong believer in the idea that the human intelligence emerges from a strong... (read more)