Monday, January 22, 2018

Supernormal stimuli

Even inanimate systems (software) are susceptible to failure (bugs)...so it's no surprise that human software is at least limited.

For a look at this in humans, and other species, see Supernormal Stimulus 

 One suggestion: the recognition of this kind of human frailty is what's really at the bottom of (religious) morality.


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