>Hormones, reflexes, instincts, empathy, etc. Again, human inference and learning are (as of yet) insurmountably more complex than statistical regression. Comp

>Hormones, reflexes, instincts, empathy, etc. Again, human inference and learning are (as of yet) insurmountably more complex than statistical regression. Complexity doesn't mean better. Humans are absolutely garbage at statistical thinking. Even simple statistical regression almost always beats human experts. Let alone more modern methods. E.g. http://zaldlab.psy.vanderbilt.edu/resources/wmg00pa.pdf http://zaldlab.psy.vanderbilt.edu/resources/wmg00pa.pdf or http://lesswrong.com/lw/3gv/statistical_prediction_rules_outperform_expert/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/3gv/statistical_prediction_rules_out...