Artificial-Intelligence Breakthrough? “The Neo-Darwinian Theory of the Mind”

Re:Artificial-Intelligence Breakthrough? “The Neo-Darwinian ... by lostmsu on Saturday August 29, 2020 @02:38AM (#24314147)

I did not know about neo-Darwinism prior to your comment. I was addressing specific statement.

Because of your request, I skimmed through parts of the article again, and again only found tautology: "Why do some people believe some things over others? Because some ideas spread through their minds better than others."

I can not claim it is illogical, but because it is highly tautological, it is very useless, and I don't wish to spend any more of time on it.

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Re:Artificial-Intelligence Breakthrough? “The Neo-Darwinian ... by dchacke on Sunday September 06, 2020 @04:35PM (#24394445)

I'll respect your wish not to spend any more time on it, and will leave you with two closing comments:

1. Like I said, the article is aware of and addresses the tautological nature of neo-Darwinism generally.

2. The part you quoted is not useless because, if true, it refutes other (en-vogue but false) theories about "reasons for belief," such as higher/lower numeric credences, stronger neuronal connections, etc.

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