In the piece — titled "Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?" — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

So literally every single above average sports fan?

The pathological need to be part of a group so bad it overwhelmes all reason is a feature I have yet to understand. And I say that as someone who can recognize in myself those moments when I feel the pull to be part of an in group.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's evolutionary. Humans are social pack animals. The need for inclusion was evolved into us over however many years.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oh yes I'm aware. I'm clearly missing, or at least have a reduced expression of, that gene. I play soccer multiple times a week, meanwhile I couldn't possibly care less about watching soccer; or any sport for that matter.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That’s just tribalism in general. Humans are tribal by nature as a survival mechanism. In modern culture, that manifests as behaviors like being a rabid sports fan.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oh yes I’m aware. I’m clearly missing, or at least have a reduced expression of, that gene. I play soccer multiple times a week, meanwhile I couldn’t possibly care less about watching soccer; or any sport for that matter.

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