Comments on: It frequently bred confidence but not skill https://www.isegoria.net/2019/12/it-frequently-bred-confidence-but-not-skill/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Harry Jones https://www.isegoria.net/2019/12/it-frequently-bred-confidence-but-not-skill/comment-page-1/#comment-3015284 Harry Jones Sun, 01 Dec 2019 17:35:08 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45843#comment-3015284 Societal values and traditions are also heuristics. I take morality under advisement. I don’t ignore it, but neither do I follow it blindly.

Sooner or later, life gets wicked. Then you either think for yourself or you fail, because no one can do your thinking for you. In a wicked situation, no one else knows anything you don’t.

I wonder if an AI would be able to cope.

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