On 18 January 2014 18:49, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/17/2014 7:33 PM, LizR wrote: > > Surprisingly, perhaps, such acts sometimes deliver payoffs to the actor. >> > > Yes, for example, in cases where doing something is better than doing > nothing. > > > Or where it's important that your action not be predictable. > > Poker anyone? > > Yeah, that's the "Machiavellian intelligence" bit.
So much for free will, except as a synonym for instinct, unconscious urges and rational unpredictability. -- 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.
