anthropomorphizing the magical1
I have been taking a “philosophy of mind” course and recently read psychologism and behaviorism. I realize humans anthropomorphize “mystical” or “magical” things. Without going too much into the article, the main difference between the two lines of thought towards “intelligence” is whether it is private or public. I’m on the side of intelligence as having a “special sauce”. Which makes sense as I agree with “Chalmers” and his “problem of other minds”.
Back to the main point. We often treat unknown entities as having human characteristics. Look at how Greek and Roman mythology even came about. The way in which we confer nature “personhood” is interesting.
Shouting at the computer when it is not working or angrily telling ChatGPT it was incorrect is the same phenomenon2.
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“anthropomorphizing” is the longest word I have used. ↩
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Social Cognition Unbound: Insights Into Anthropomorphism and Dehumanization ↩