Our minds are like inmates, captive to our biology, unless we manage a cunning escape.
-- Nassim Taleb
How does one escape from biology? This seems more closely related to transhumanism than rationality.
By applying software patches that detect hardware faults and compensate or work around them.
For example
How does one escape from his biases?
With the biologically-instantiated powers of one’s reason, I expect.
I think that’s what Taleb wanted to say.
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-- Nassim Taleb
How does one escape from biology? This seems more closely related to transhumanism than rationality.
By applying software patches that detect hardware faults and compensate or work around them.
For example
How does one escape from his biases?
With the biologically-instantiated powers of one’s reason, I expect.
I think that’s what Taleb wanted to say.