It was an excellent read (I only read the free chapter 1). I’ve long known about the modularity of minds, but didn’t really think it through to the conclusions. Mostly I’ve just been pointing out how my fight-or-flight activation is rather independent of my knowledge of the safety or danger of various activities (such as driving and roller coaster).
Now excuse me while I go ponder how to apply Bayesian updating to my minds various modules which may or may not take orders from my conscious. Also whether that would be a good idea—I haven’t read chapters 5-7 where it talks about the benefits of being ignorant or wrong, but I am familiar with the tendency to overestimate one’s capabilities and that it seems to be beneficial to do so (in most cases).
It was an excellent read (I only read the free chapter 1). I’ve long known about the modularity of minds, but didn’t really think it through to the conclusions. Mostly I’ve just been pointing out how my fight-or-flight activation is rather independent of my knowledge of the safety or danger of various activities (such as driving and roller coaster).
Now excuse me while I go ponder how to apply Bayesian updating to my minds various modules which may or may not take orders from my conscious. Also whether that would be a good idea—I haven’t read chapters 5-7 where it talks about the benefits of being ignorant or wrong, but I am familiar with the tendency to overestimate one’s capabilities and that it seems to be beneficial to do so (in most cases).