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andrei_says_ 21 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How to win an argument with a toddler

Funny thing is, the detection of any preference, for anything, is a readout of an emotional response.

People with brain injuries impacting emotional centers are unable to make any kind of choice and therefore don’t know what to calculate for.

https://youtu.be/T46bSyh0xc0?si=pX04LLKwMQuMtnH_

Mentioned at about 90seconds in of this lecture by George Lakoff.

anonymars 21 days ago [–]

I like to say that emotions are, roughly, the fitness function of our non-machine learning

Avicebron 21 days ago | [–]

Did Hacker News rediscover empathy?

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