Well, no, not exactly. More likely, it’s because the blind idiot god has already done the calculation for me. Evolution’s goals are not my own, and neither are evolution’s utility calculations. Most saliently, other men are no longer allowed to hit me with mastodon bones if I approach women they might have liked to pursue. The trouble is, evolution has already done the calculation, using this now-faulty assumption, with the result that, if I do not see myself as dominant, my motor cortex directs the movement of my body and the inflection of my voice in a way which clearly signals this fact, thus avoiding a conflict. And, of course, any woman I may be pursuing can read this signal just as clearly. I cannot redo this calculation,
So, the point with this is that the human brain is quite disunified. The fact that you know these facts, but when you go into a club with all the big biker kids in leather jackets you go all submissive indicates that you hold beliefs on more than one level.
In this particular case, having an accurate map on the top level is not incompatible with having an inaccurate one on the lower, subconscious one.
And, by the way, once you know what the situation is, you can start doing things about it.
So, the point with this is that the human brain is quite disunified. The fact that you know these facts, but when you go into a club with all the big biker kids in leather jackets you go all submissive indicates that you hold beliefs on more than one level.
In this particular case, having an accurate map on the top level is not incompatible with having an inaccurate one on the lower, subconscious one.
And, by the way, once you know what the situation is, you can start doing things about it.
Seems relevant here: Hand vs. Fingers, Angry Atoms.