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Most documented psychological biases are not irrational, they are highly optimized, energy-efficient shortcuts meant for a biological substrate operating under strict real-time physical constraints and a limited caloric budget
May 15, 2026
A conceptual tweet arguing that cognitive biases are energy-efficient heuristics optimized for biological constraints rather than irrational failures. Interesting framing for AI alignment and bounded rationality research, but no empirical data, paper, or model is cited.