The human brain cannot release enough neurotransmitters to feel emotion a thousand times as strong as the grief of one funeral.

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, Cognitive Biases Potentially Affecting Judgment of Global Risks (2008)

Source: http://singularity.org/files/CognitiveBiases.pdf

A chapter of Global Catastrophic Risks (2008), edited by Nick Bostrom and Milan M. Cirkovic.

Topics: life