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I’m not sure what you mean by “stupid” but it’s definitely not the colloquial meaning. A human seeking suicide is not stupid. In fact humans often do seek suici
by simple-thoughts 4y ago
I’m not sure what you mean by “stupid” but it’s definitely not the colloquial meaning. A human seeking suicide is not stupid. In fact humans often do seek suicide because humans are playing social games where the maximizing move is to commit suicide. Supporting these people requires changing their context so that they have a wider and better variety of options available.
This is just a specific example of why I reject the orthogonality thesis. You change the context, you educate the agent, you change the goals of the agent. I do not agree that humans only chase “breathe feed sex” and while I do believe many stupid behaviors do come from evolutionary history, It’s plainly obvious that education, training, and genes play a role in self restraint and goal redirection.
- rafabulsing 4y agoWhat do you mean by stupid? I used that word only because you used it first. And I agree that humans do not only chase "breath feed sex", as I explicitly said that in my comment. We have other goals as well. But those are very much still there.