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As any alien arriving in your world would immediately ask, why doesn't having a true representation of the world help you survive and gain status? And if it doe
by waqf 10y ago
As any alien arriving in your world would immediately ask, why doesn't having a true representation of the world help you survive and gain status? And if it doesn't, why does it matter?
- SixSigma 10y agoIt helps me gain status even more if I can plant false information in others.
- egman_ekki 10y agoAn interesting TED talk about the topic how evolution does not necessarily favor true representation of reality in our minds and bodies: https://www.ted.com/talks/donald_hoffman_do_we_see_reality_as_it_is?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/donald_hoffman_do_we_see_reality_a...