Fakery is almost everywhere. To add to the list: modern window shutters. Plato has some commentary on the confusion of symbols with reality. Reinforcement lea

Fakery is almost everywhere. To add to the list: modern window shutters. Plato has some commentary on the confusion of symbols with reality. Reinforcement learning and cognitive science suggest that learning is deeply flawed, highly situated, but often useful enough in context. Generalization is not guaranteed. Aggregating human learning must be done very carefully or the errors will compound.