Consult some behavioral economists and rewrite the brain so we're not so silly. That's a good start.
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Replying to @AmyDentata
Rationality doesn't mean lacking emotion. But uprooting some evolved cognitive biases wouldn't hurt.
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Our economics as a species are bizarre because of millions of years of evolution. We've got innate perceptual distortions all over the place
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We're smart enough to figure this out, but not currently smart enough to fix the problem at the root. I personally feel it's a necessity.
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Replying to @AmyDentata
"Survival of the species"-level necessary. Our current brain wiring has predictable failure points.
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Replying to @AmyDentata
Keep in mind—cognitive bias is really low-level stuff. It can impact higher-level functions, but I'm not like "engineer these beliefs away!"
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Replying to @AmyDentata
Because 1) you can't, and 2) even basic low-level stuff is beyond our ability rn.
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But I personally believe that if we don't find a way to smooth out the quirks of the homo sapien brain within ~100 years, we're toast.
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Replying to @AmyDentata
amy the singular of homo sapiens is homo sapiens, sapiens isn't a plural noun it's an adjective, also fuck Mike Mignola for this
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Replying to @chaosprime
I say it like "jif" but my point is, it's the same general idea
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Replying to @AmyDentata
what, where a thing systematized under one schema too closely matches a different schema so ppl start using the wrong schema?
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