The point of norms is not that they are justified because they worked well for the ancestors (even though that is often literally claimed to be the case, and even materially the case), but simply that "this is the way we do it", and you are often considered wrong for asking.
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Replying to @mere_mortise
Yes, and many normies seem to think that this gives them a justification that is comparable to the justification of the truth of a mathematical statement.
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Smoothly cooperating groups of nerds that prefer rational negotiation to norms belie that intuition. I suspect that CoCs are a symptom of the invasion of groups of nerds by normies who are appalled by this.
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These rules all have priors. They are established by explaining consequences, and shared preferences about consequences. Normies enforce norms because they are required to be a Good Person.
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Nah, I think they were just stereotyping you as a hipster, i.e. a person that would pick a tool that threatens to diminish the rationality they can achieve based on social aesthetics instead of function. Once that stereotype is established it is easier to confirm than to break.
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You are reflecting your stereotype of hipsters, and not your understanding of why in an alternate timeline, you would be a hipster.
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