Josh> I think that people have this notion that because emotions are
Josh> so unignorable and compelling subjectively, that they must be
Josh> complex. In fact the body's contribution, in an information
Josh> theoretic sense, is tiny -- I'm sure I way overestimate it with
Josh> the 1%.
Emotions are also, IMO and also according to some existing literature,
essentially preprogrammed in the genome.
See wife with another man, run jealousy routine.
Hear unexpected loud noise, go into preprogrammed 7 point startle
routine already visible in newborns.
etc.
Evolution builds you to make decisions. But you need guidance so the
decisions you make tend to actually favor its ends. You get
essentially a two part computation, where your decision making
circuitry gets preprogrammed inputs about what it should maximize
and what tenor it should take.
On matters close to their ends (of propagating), the genes take
control to make sure you don't deviate from the program.
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