Natural selection did not design the human brain with multiple rings of precautionary measures, conservative decision processes, and orders of magnitude of safety margin.
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Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Natural selection did not design the human brain with multiple rings of precautionary measures, conservative decision processes, and orders of magnitude of safety margin.” (said 2008). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_dddef5dee86a, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_dddef5dee86a
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