AI and cognitive psychology rant (getting more and more OT - tell me if I should shut up)

[Anton Vredegoor]

Stephen Horne <steve at ninereeds.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>Perception is not reality. It is only a (potentially flawed)
>representation of reality. But reality is still real. And perception
>*is* tied to reality as well as it can be by the simple pragmatic
>principle of evolution - if our ancestors had arbitrary perceptions
>which were detached from reality, they could not have survived and had
>children.

If we had the same perceptions about reality as our ancestors, we
wouldn't reproduce very successfully now, because the world has
changed as a result of their reproductive success.

Anton