The Mystery of Utility Theory

Theory induced blindness. Once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws. Everything we do make sense against the background of some beliefs and blinds us to possibilities. So that means that nothing is obvious all by itself, only against the backdrop of other beliefs. And so we're adopting the, adopting the evolutionary worldview is perhaps the most important thing to do.

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