Thanks for the reply Jonathan. Indeed I’m also a bit skeptical that our innate drives (whether the ones from SDT theory or others) are really non-utility maximizing. But in some cases they do appear so.
One possibility is that they were driven to evolve for utility maximization but have now broken off completely and serve some difficult-to-understand purpose. I think there are similar theories of how consciousness developed—i.e. that it evolved as a by-effect/side-effect of some inter-organism communication—and now plays many other roles.
Thanks for the reply Jonathan. Indeed I’m also a bit skeptical that our innate drives (whether the ones from SDT theory or others) are really non-utility maximizing. But in some cases they do appear so.
One possibility is that they were driven to evolve for utility maximization but have now broken off completely and serve some difficult-to-understand purpose. I think there are similar theories of how consciousness developed—i.e. that it evolved as a by-effect/side-effect of some inter-organism communication—and now plays many other roles.