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Scout and Soldier Mindsets (with Julia Galef)
Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg
The Argument for Rational Irrationality in Human Behavior
Sally Kohn: I spend a lot of time thinking about potential, like reasons people disagree with me or potential objections to my thesis. And the label for this objection is rational irrationality. The idea that humans are rationally irrational refers to the claim that we form beliefs in two different senses. She says it's premised on the idea that our minds would have evolved to be good at choosing the right combination of scout and soldier mindset.Kohn: We're already aware of a number of ways in which the human mind is not optimized for making good decisions,. At least not in the modern world.
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