Aliens might view humans as a 'kludgy bag of poorly executed heuristics'
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-08-31
A thought experiment suggests that aliens arriving to study humanity might conclude that humans are merely a 'kludgy bag of poorly executed heuristics discovered by evolution.' They might hesitate to describe humans as truly 'wanting' anything in the same way advanced intelligences do.
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