Suppose the state of how-the-world-is is that over time, beings with certain biased decision-making algorithms have evolved. As products of evolution, the algorithms are pretty good for making sure the beings running them have offspring, but are less good at obtaining representations of the “true” state of the world or at processing complex information. Such beings are likely to form queries which contain false assumptions, category errors, or other flaws.
Jason Brennan,
Suppose the state of how-the-world-is is that over time, beings with certain biased decision-making algorithms have evolved. As products of evolution, the algorithms are pretty good for making sure the beings running them have offspring, but are less good at obtaining representations of the “true” state of the world or at processing complex information. Such beings are likely to form queries which contain false assumptions, category errors, or other flaws.