Michael Lipkin
Jan 26, 2022

The human brain is adapted to surviving and negotiating human groups.

For the most part this means (mostly) agreeing with others in that group.

The lone rationalist model of human behaviour is just unconvincing.

Of course some of us aspire to be lone rationalists, but that's an unusual thing to do, and may only be possible in a society of plenty.

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