Minds

Question 1

Core premise of minds

Answer 1

We have minds
It helps us navigate

Question 2

Theory of mind

Answer 2

Understanding that others have minds just like our own

Question 3

Knowledge vs belief

Answer 3

Brain has limited capacity for direct representation
Belief requires trusy

Question 4

Mismatch problem

Answer 4

Information sources are anonymous which makes trust harder

Question 5

System 1 thinking

Answer 5

Fast, intuitive and for social judgements, quick decisions

Question 6

System 2 thinking

Answer 6

Slow, effortful, when stakes are high

Question 7

Mental disorders and broken minds

Answer 7

Mental disorders are hard to define
- mismatch between modern and ancient design, what worked back then doesn’t need to work properly now

Question 8

Runaway selection explanation

Answer 8

Intelligence and creativity can go too far

Question 9

Adaptive defenses

Answer 9

Depression and anxiety may be overactive survival systems

Question 10

Trade offs and frequency dependent explaination for broken mind

Answer 10

Traits that benefit in some environment may be less beneficial in othets

Question 11

Malfunctioning modules

Answer 11

Specific evolved system

Question 12

Trails of normal distributions

Answer 12

Usually normal just extreme case