Behaving rationally? There is survival value in irrational behavior, or it would have been weeded out already. What is its value? Think of the locked in phenomenon of anger/aggression. If I can make you believe that I am crazier than you, you will give up the claim on X. This is a point Steven Pinker has made. So it is perfectly rational to be irrational, eh?
This talk is intredasting.
The speaker has a broad range of knowledge, and he has synthesized ideas from different fields into digestible chunks. Hats off to the speaker.
lordjavathe3rd 7 months ago
Behaving rationally? There is survival value in irrational behavior, or it would have been weeded out already. What is its value? Think of the locked in phenomenon of anger/aggression. If I can make you believe that I am crazier than you, you will give up the claim on X. This is a point Steven Pinker has made. So it is perfectly rational to be irrational, eh?
notonewhit 2 years ago