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The Mind is Flat: The illusion of mental depth and the improvised mind was presented by Nick Chater on 28 August at the University of Trondheim

As advertised on Facebook, "This talk will present the case that there are no hidden depths, whether evolutionary, psychological, or economic, from which the real motivations for human behavior emerges Motives are, indeed, astonishingly shallow, with the illusion of depth sustained by our mental proximity of the actions of ourselves and other But the illusion of depth is of crucial importance: it helps us rule in our behavior, which would otherwise be more capricious and inconsistent. This thesis has implications for theories in psychology, economics, and ethics which are explicitly, or implicitly, committed to "deep" motivations underpinning human life".

Posted on Tuesday 11th December 2018

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