Dont you think this partiality is part of survival mechanism? For minor things like sense of humor which do not have a direct affect on survival rate, it is ok to think that one ranks lower than an average human..
i dont think it has lost survival value in the present. In the current society, one still wants to "get ahead" of the rest of the crowd: land the best job, feel like the smartest one in peer group etc..
- being unaware of one's bias but overexpecting another's bias lands you the best job. (For example consider that the interviewer is likely to consider you to be biased)
- feeling like the smartest one in your peer group makes you relatively smart in your peer group in a survival sense.
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Dont you think this partiality is part of survival mechanism?
For minor things like sense of humor which do not have a direct affect on survival rate, it is ok to think that one ranks lower than an average human..
It is because of the survival mechanism. However, survival value in the evolutionary past does not imply survival value today.
i dont think it has lost survival value in the present. In the current society, one still wants to "get ahead" of the rest of the crowd: land the best job, feel like the smartest one in peer group etc..
The following causalities need to be established:
- believing you are ahead aids in getting ahead
- being unaware of one's bias but overexpecting another's bias lands you the best job.
(For example consider that the interviewer is likely to consider you to be biased)
- feeling like the smartest one in your peer group makes you relatively smart in your peer group in a survival sense.
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