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1Anton Zheltoukhov1d
A THOUSAND NARRATIVES. THEORY OF MEMETIC EVOLUTION. PART 1/20. INTRO The ultimate goal of this line of research is to gain a better understanding of how human value system operates. The problem I see regarding current approaches to studying values is that we cannot study {values/desires/preferences} in isolation from the rest of cognitive mechanisms, cause according to latest theories values are just a part of a broader system governing behaviour in general. With that you have to have a decent model of human behaviour first to then be able to explain value dynamics. To get a good theory of the mind you have to meet multiple requirements: 1. A good theory of the mind must span at least four different timescales: (genetic evolution) for the billion years in which our brains have evolved; (memetic evolution) for the centuries of cultural accumulation of ideas through history; (personal) for the individual development during lifetime; and (neuronal) milliseconds during which cognitive inference happens. 2. A good theory must explain behaviour of the system on each of Marr’s three levels of analysis[1]: (1) the computational problem the system is solving; (2) the algorithm the system uses to solve that problem; and (3) how that algorithm is implemented in the “physical hardware” of the system. And, the part I think Marr is missing, the third level also has to include explanation of how the learning environment affects agent [https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/RCbofC8fCJ6NnYti7/intro-to-ontogenetic-curriculum]. 3. A good theory must at least make an attempt at answering the main questions: how is the generality of intelligence achieved?; what is the neural substrate of memory?; etc. To meet these requirements I’ve combined insights from several fields: Developmental Psychology, Neuroscience, Ethology and Computation models of mind. The result is the Narrative Theory. The research is still far from completion but there ar
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