Comment by tor825gl
8 hours ago
> he fell short of advocating that modeling them as having intention is a useful contrivance
Sorry, I remember differently. That "modelling them as having intention is a useful contrivance" is exactly the central argument of the book.
People misread the title by assuming that he was arguing that they actually did have intention.
That's fine, all I'm saying is that if genes don't actually have intention, then the utility of modeling them as though they do must be strictly limited, if not an outright liability in some contexts. Use the heuristic at your own risk, but don't sell it as gospel truth.
> but don't sell it as gospel truth.
i dont think he did