So shouldn't it stand to reason that we'd be hyper-conscious of our deepest biological incentives? And yet, most of the time, we seem almost willfully unaware of them. We all know they're there. And yet they make us uncomfortable, so we mentally flinch away. #RobinHanson

- December 31, 2024

So shouldn't it stand to reason that we'd be hyper-conscious of our deepest biological incentives? And yet, most of the time, we seem almost willfully unaware of them. We all know they're there. And yet they make us uncomfortable, so we mentally flinch away. #RobinHanson
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So shouldn't it stand to reason that we'd be hyper-conscious of our deepest biological incentives? And yet, most of the time, we seem almost willfully unaware of them. We all know they're there. And yet they make us uncomfortable, so we mentally flinch away. #RobinHanson

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