tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post3311928651672754558..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Principles and rational thoughtLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-62371999841286319462010-02-07T22:14:48.359-07:002010-02-07T22:14:48.359-07:00What you are talking about is pretty much a broad ...What you are talking about is pretty much a broad summary of the theory of heuristic judgment in the face of uncertainty elaborated by Tversy and Kahneman. If you haven't read up on that shit, I'm sure you'd find it fascinating.Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-12954275871029663992010-01-30T02:57:58.951-07:002010-01-30T02:57:58.951-07:00Probably a pretty good assessment. It explains pu...Probably a pretty good assessment. It explains puzzling aspects of altruism, which on the face of it seems counterproductive evolutionarily, as misfiring of kin-selection gene tendencies. I think a lot of people get led astray by the fact that there are only a finite number of principles that can be applied, and so some of them appear to be applied (circumstantially) to no evolutionary advantage. This causes many people to cry foul on evolution. Why do I have a conscience? Why should I feel bad after a killing spree, especially if there's no God? -- Because if allowing ourselves killing sprees was in our genetic heritage, we would never have made it this far, and the fact that you would feel terribly guilty after driving a hitchhiker into the desert and shooting him is incidental to the fact that without that trait your distant ancestors would not have gotten along in the ape tribe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com