RE: Evolution of Beliefs and Preferences

From: Robin Hanson (rhanson@gmu.edu)
Date: Sun Jun 15 2003 - 15:25:09 MDT

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    On 6/15/2003 Lee Corbin wrote:
    > > http://econpapers.hhs.se/paper/cwlcwldpp/1319.htm
    >
    >I'm interested in knowing how strongly you (and others) rate
    >various assumptions here. Two immediate questions are
    >1. To what degree would you say that the current world sample
    > of humanity arose via evolutionary selection processes?

    Human genes evolved via natural selection just like other life
    on Earth. Recently cultural evolution has influenced behavior.

    >2. What proportion of human beings in the United States would
    > you guess to be Bayesians?

    There has never been and will never be an exact Bayesian - it
    is computationally intractable.

    Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
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