First, justification of overoptimism on grounds that “it brought us here” arises from a far more serious mistake about human nature: the belief that we are built to understand nature and our own nature and that our decisions are, and have been, the result of our own choices. I beg to disagree. So many instincts drive us. Taleb, Nassim. The Black Swan (pp. 116-117). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.
constraint vision A Conflict of Visions
Exactly. We are still animals, why would we assume we know why we do things. Maybe in the macro we re acting like a big synchronized organism like an ant nest with a long term goal in mind.
Further, we have a false belief that we understand how we and the world works. We are driven so heavily by instincts and by the subconscious.
P: You're not as rational as you think P: Maslow's Pyramid of Needs P: Is everything really revolving around procreation? All biases basically