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I assume LeCun is arguing that the human desire for hierarchy is innate, but there is not one version of the hierarchy that is ‘natural’ (e.g. no individual or
by germinalphrase 4y ago
I assume LeCun is arguing that the human desire for hierarchy is innate, but there is not one version of the hierarchy that is ‘natural’ (e.g. no individual or group is predestined to a higher or lower position in the hierarchies).
Yes?
- obscur 4y agoSounds like that to me too.
- throwaway1777 4y agoOf course. But people will only read the headline.
- NhanH 4y agoBasically LeCun didn’t use the word “natural”, he just described that hierarchy exists (a descriptive statement). The other guy plugs in the word “natural”, and claims that LeCun is believing in a “natural” hierarchy (a prescriptive statement). The article is dense, and not in a good way. “Evolution-ordained” blah blah blah, really?
- jgalt212 4y agoOne the main things Jordan Peterson talks about is hierarchy. So to be welcomed by the center-left and others, one should probably steer clear of all discussion of hierarchy--other than to say it's bad, and a direct result of racism, sexism, bigotry or any of the other isms Ferris was uninterested in.
- sharemywin 4y agohierarchies and/or leaders exist because sometimes decision need to be made without debate.