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Intellectual Stockholm Syndrome: The 220th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying

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Navigating Informational Advantages and Cognitive Evolution

The chapter explores the impact of informational advantages on hindering the natural progress of intelligence over time, drawing parallels between entropy in closed systems and the creation of order in organisms. It emphasizes the importance of updating beliefs based on new information to strive towards truth and avoid intellectual traps. The discussion also critiques the fixation on scientific authority and highlights the risks associated with heuristic failures and the potential for 'dark ages' driven by informational advantages.

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