uploads may well end up having their minds indoctrinated with religion and ideology, not trained in LW-style epistemic rationality
IIRC, he says that religion and ideology are symptoms of modern-day wealth/excess, and future folk won’t be able to afford non-adaptive/non-correct beliefs. He calls our current position in history as “The Dreamtime”
we live in the brief but important “dreamtime” when delusions drove history. Our descendants will remember our era as the one where the human capacity to sincerely believe crazy non-adaptive things, and act on those beliefs, was dialed to the max.
IIRC, he says that religion and ideology are symptoms of modern-day wealth/excess, and future folk won’t be able to afford non-adaptive/non-correct beliefs. He calls our current position in history as “The Dreamtime”
Well, it is possible that he has said inconsistent things at different times, but in the posts I linked in my above comment, he argues (in my opinion plausibly) that the social mechanisms of control and coordination for ems may well end up being based on similar (epistemically) irrational beliefs as in historical human societies, i.e. religion, ideology, strict custom, etc. (“Onward Christian robots!,” as he put it.)
[Edit—forgot to add: ] And of course, adaptive and correct beliefs are not always one and the same, and it’s a huge fallacy to argue as if they were.
IIRC, he says that religion and ideology are symptoms of modern-day wealth/excess, and future folk won’t be able to afford non-adaptive/non-correct beliefs. He calls our current position in history as “The Dreamtime”
Well, it is possible that he has said inconsistent things at different times, but in the posts I linked in my above comment, he argues (in my opinion plausibly) that the social mechanisms of control and coordination for ems may well end up being based on similar (epistemically) irrational beliefs as in historical human societies, i.e. religion, ideology, strict custom, etc. (“Onward Christian robots!,” as he put it.)
[Edit—forgot to add: ] And of course, adaptive and correct beliefs are not always one and the same, and it’s a huge fallacy to argue as if they were.