I don’t know that we’ve ever successfully assimilated a feral human either.
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Widening the spread of your mentors should reduce this bias, as long as you didn’t choose mentors that agree with each other. Obviously, there isn’t really enough time to be taught from a wide enough sample of perspectives to properly eliminate it.
I don’t think libertarians have nearly as much to say about optimization as they do about regulation. The libertarian answer would be, If you and Fred want to work something out, fine, but Sally has no business telling either of you what to do with your fish.
I’m quite sure that the idea won’t go away, if only because in at least some cases, it’ll be flagrantly true- season with a dash of confirmation bias and serve hot.
The mediocre button should be the same as simply not voting, I think. Especially since it’d have to be used quite often, no-one wants to be pushing a button for every mediocre comment. Maybe a similar effect could be reached if comments gradually accumulate negative karma with time?
Polygamy is definitely to women’s advantage. Since there’s no real limit to the number of children a man can father, women can agree to share the very best male genetic material amongst each other and leave all the other men out in the cold. Think of the private harems that any number of rulers have maintained. In a monogamous culture, any given sub-excellent male has a much better chance of mating.