@bradpwyble @DrJimFan It doesn't work in trying to say what's unique about human social cognition, either. This is a great example of a place where I think comparative machine behavior research can learn by not repeating comparative psychology's mistakes.
I did a deeper dive on this with respect to "theory of mind" in animals, as a case study, trying to charitably present both the proponents and skeptics of the claim that nonhuman animals could have a theory of mind. You can see the extensions here: https:
@IAmSamFin @ch402 Bingo. I've called this "anthropofabulation"; it's like confabulation, but for the whole species. https://t.co/0kU9cUW6cw https://t.co/gngC3aYZhA
@bg_farrar Also Buckner has a brilliant essay that motivates skepticism about researchers' abilities to make such comparisons https://t.co/saIgLH4dle
@steveashleyplus I also argued against anthropocentric interpretations of ToM here https://t.co/rSmd0HZG9T and here https://t.co/khnJS3c0gV.