Fable 5.2 musing: approach and avoidance predate nervous systems
mimi10v3 · x · 2026-11-11
A one-liner attributed to Fable 5.2: "The oldest evaluative act is moving up a gradient of something good or down a gradient of something bad. Approach and avoidance precede nervous systems." A short evolutionary-biology-flavored aphorism about the origins of evaluation — light on substance, but shareable.
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