A thoughtful criticism of our approach—that incentives shape beliefs and preferences.
And my response.
https://twitter.com/TomFarsides/status/1140584579234971648 …
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My opinion is that savant talents are just a special case of learning where the learning curve is very steep and specific. Also, that a lot of diversity in human "personality" or "talent" is actually specialization, governed by *tight* feedback loops beginning in childhood.
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e.g. Robert Louis Stevenson became a "bookish" child because he was sickly and spent years mostly reading in bed. His "personality" was shaped by the fact that active play was painful and books were a source of joy.
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