[SEQ RERUN] When Anthropomorphism Became Stupid

post by MinibearRex · 2012-08-02T05:07:46.592Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 2 comments

Today's post, When Anthropomorphism Became Stupid was originally published on 16 August 2008. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):

 

Anthropomorphism didn't become obviously wrong until we realized that the tangled neurons inside the brain were performing complex information processing, and that this complexity arose as a result of evolution.

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