we enter adulthood with an arsenal of heuristics that are mostly good enough.
Humans are rational enough in the same way that we are strong enough.
When we’re not strong enough individually, we work around it by using more people, using animals, or using machinery.
When we’re not rational enough individually...
um...
what DO we do, anyway? Throw enough scientists at the problem and hope the right answer emerges?
We’re strong enough to fill our evolutionary niche, barely.
Our heuristics are good enough to get us through life with an adequate chance of success.
We can do better.
Humans are rational enough in the same way that we are strong enough.
When we’re not strong enough individually, we work around it by using more people, using animals, or using machinery.
When we’re not rational enough individually...
um...
what DO we do, anyway? Throw enough scientists at the problem and hope the right answer emerges?
We’re strong enough to fill our evolutionary niche, barely.
Our heuristics are good enough to get us through life with an adequate chance of success.
We can do better.