Eliezer made what I think was a similar point in posts at Overcoming Bias and Less Wrong; he also pointed out that evolution is really stupid. If we can unders

Eliezer made what I think was a similar point in posts at Overcoming Bias and Less Wrong; he also pointed out that evolution is really stupid. If we can understand the result of an evolved process, we should, using intelligence, be able to do much better. The key is understanding.