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		andrei_says_ 3 months 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 3 months ago [–]

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

Avicebron 3 months ago | [–]

Did Hacker News rediscover empathy?

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