The Future Of Reasoning

A video on YouTube. In Explainers, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

Michael Stevens explores the philosophy and psychology of human reasoning, discussing how reason evolved for social justification and decision-making.

From the video

Answers: Why are humans bad at reasoning?

human reasoning
behavioral inertia
the Great Filter
social theory of reasoning
confirmation bias
democracy and oligarchy

What it concludes

Reason evolved not to help individuals make better decisions, but to help us be social and justify ourselves to others.
People tend to give weak reasons for their beliefs at first or when their intended audience doesn't need much convincing.
The future of reason may be the construction of a lotocracy, where decisions are made by people chosen at random rather than elected politicians.

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