Epstein Secrets

> From: John Brockman > Date: August 28, 2010 10:54:37 PM EDT > To: Jerry Coyne < >, Richard Dawkins <[email protected]>, "Daniel C. Dennett" Daniel Kahneman , Steven Pinker • , Matt Ridley wrote: > Subject: Fyi - Hauser > Eastover Faun >> » From: mare hauser >> Date: August 28, 2010 12:04:46 PM EDT

28, 2010 10:54:37 PM EDT > To: Jerry Coyne < >, Richard Dawkins <[email protected]>, "Daniel C. Dennett" Daniel Kahneman , Steven Pinker • , Matt Ridley wrote: > Subject: Fyi - Hauser > Eastover Faun >> » From: mare hauser >> Date: August 28, 2010 12:04:46 PM EDT » To: John Brockman >> Subject:

mits on computational resources. The efficacy of human algorithms springs from what AI researchers refer to as “bounded optimality.” As psychologist Daniel Kahneman has notably pointed out, human beings are rational only up to a point. If you were perfectly rational, you would risk dropping dead before making an

ible continuations; the task is to find one that leads to a predefined goal (a checkmate, or failing that, a draw). But the tree is far too big to 8 Matt Ridley, in The Rational Optimist, rightly stresses the positive effect of population on the rate of progress. But that has never yet been the biggest factor

mits on computational resources. The efficacy of human algorithms springs from what AI researchers refer to as “bounded optimality.” As psychologist Daniel Kahneman has notably pointed out, human beings are rational only up to a point. If you were perfectly rational, you would risk dropping dead before making an

ible continuations; the task is to find one that leads to a predefined goal (a checkmate, or failing that, a draw). But the tree is far too big to 8 Matt Ridley, in The Rational Optimist, rightly stresses the positive effect of population on the rate of progress. But that has never yet been the biggest factor