Anders Sandberg wrote:
> Interesting idea. I think rational thinking is something we have to
> learn, but that we have some built in facilities for learning just
> like we has a built in facility for learning languages. But you can
> train your rationality more or less.
>
> Sanity might be something similar. I would guess it is really composed
> by several components that synergize, like rationality, emotional
> maturity and good metaprograms.
IMO, there is a long list of unusual mental abilities that a hypothetical,
perfectly sane being would possess. I've never met a human who had all of
them, but some people certainly have more than others. A partial list:
of
your mind in a reasonable amount of time. This one sounds easy, but it is
actually very difficult to make sure you don't retain distantly-related
beliefs whose foundation has been undermined.
What else should be on the list?
Billy Brown, MCSE+I
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