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> "overzealous agent detection" Great way to put it, definitely going to steal this one! Our brain's pattern recognition circuits are highly developed and we
by bavell 6y ago
> "overzealous agent detection"
Great way to put it, definitely going to steal this one!
Our brain's pattern recognition circuits are highly developed and we like to anthropomorphize. Tens of thousands of years ago with a lack of scientific knowledge, who else but the gods could we have pointed to in order to explain the world around us?
- paulryanrogers 6y agoFWIW, "agent detection" is an established concept[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_detection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_detection
- millipedegears 6y agoCurrent scientific thinking suggests that we do not even exist - our sense that we are a conscious self that makes choices - is only an illusion.