Evolutionary psych: Most instincts empower us more than they constrain us. Conservativism: Most traditions empower us more than they constrain us. 'Social justice activists': Any undergrad can out-smart 525 million years of vertebrate evolution & 10,000 years of civilization.
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This is so not helpful. Can we not improve on instincts and traditions?
We can improve on them only by understanding them. Random tinkering is unlikely to help. My 'Psychology of Effective Altruism' course explores how to leverage human nature to do the most good: https://www.primalpoly.com/s/syllabus-draft-jan26.docx …
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Correct, we must understand them to keep most of our instincts in check and most our traditions based on those instincts from preventing us from seeing the nature of reality.
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