On 18 January 2014 13:33, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 04:08:08PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Russell, > > > > PS: On second thought maybe we don't agree completely. Though free will > is > > quantum random based (we agree on that), it doesn't mean that it is > > "irrational". > > > > If human actions and the actions of other biological organisms weren't > > basically rational they couldn't function or survive in the real actual > > world they live in.... > > That is not true. Read up on the concept of Machiavellian > Intelligence. A modicum of irrationality is just what it takes to get > ahead in the world, it makes one less predictable to one's competitors. > Russell, what you are saying here is that unpredictability is rational, not that "irrationality is what it takes to get ahead" ! (In this situation, it would be irrational to behave predictably.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
