[ExI] ep

[William Flynn Wallace]

I am also worried you are right on with your comment regarding too much
insight possibly being an example of evolutionary maladaptation.

spike

This is interesting.  If evolution had anything to do with it, I'd rather
think that not being able to see down into your depths is a better thing
than being able to do so.  An adaptation, not a maladaptation, that is.
  bill w

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 5:22 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
>
> >>... Keith a comment you made earlier is rattling around in my brain.  You
> commented about an paper you wrote regarding evolutionary psychology...
>
> >...  Most people assume the "blank slate" model for humans, i.e., little
> or
> no understanding about human motivation such as status-seeking and they do
> not accept that humans have behavior switches that get flipped by external
> conditions.
>
> >>... Do elaborate on your having a hard time convincing people it is true
> please.
>
> >...I suspect that there is an evolved purposeful reluctance to insight.
> Too much insight may not be good for your genes.
>
> Keith
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> That worries me.  I haven't read the literature in the field and only
> sample
> Steven Pinker who is all the rage I understand.  I don't see why the blank
> slate model is popular for humans, when it is perfectly clear to me people
> certainly are born with certain instincts.  That this is true is so
> self-evidently obvious I am surprised it is questioned at all.
>
> That people have behavior switches that get flipped by external conditions
> must have a difficult time explaining why Germany instituted slavery and
> genocide in the 1930s.
>
> I am also worried you are right on with your comment regarding too much
> insight possibly being an example of evolutionary maladaptation.
>
> spike
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