So this example still seems to support Scott’s point of “if they had just listened to their reinforcement/instinctual processes instead of their intellectual/logical ones, they could have avoided that problem”.
But my point is that the process that led to them becoming monks was an instinctual process, not an intellectual one, and the “problem” isn’t actually one from the point of view of the genes.
Actually upon further thought, I disagree with Scott’s premise that this case allows for a meaningful distinction between “instinctual” and “intellectual” processes, so I guess I agree with you.
But my point is that the process that led to them becoming monks was an instinctual process, not an intellectual one, and the “problem” isn’t actually one from the point of view of the genes.
Actually upon further thought, I disagree with Scott’s premise that this case allows for a meaningful distinction between “instinctual” and “intellectual” processes, so I guess I agree with you.