Posted: Oct 08, 2017 8:34 am
zoon wrote:Theory of Mind is an evolved and very powerful, and in many ways very useful, illusion, it’s easy to feel as certain about it as that the earth beneath our feet is stationary.
A model, not an illusion. Just because a model does not exactly replicate reality does not mean you should refer to it as an illusion. Of course, "theory of mind" is not really a model, which is probably why you choose to refer to it as an 'illusion'. That's what comes from treating bullshit ("theory of mind") as a useful "concept". It's a concept, but not generally useful, so stop making bullshit hedges like "in many ways very useful". Let me count the ways.