The idea that we might be robots is no longer the stuff of science fiction; decades of research in evolutionary biology and cognitive science have led many esteemed thinkers and scientists to the conclusion that, following the precepts of universal Darwinism, humans are merely the hosts for two replicators (genes and memes) that have no interest in us except as conduits for replication. Accepting and now forcefully responding to this disturbing idea that precludes the possibilities of morality or free will, among other things, Keith Stanovich here provides the tools for the "robot's rebellion," a program of cognitive reform necessary to advance human interests over the limited interest of the replicators. He shows how concepts of rational thinking from cognitive science interact with the logic of evolution to create opportunities for humans to structure their behavior to serve their own ends. These evaluative activities of the brain, he argues, fulfill the need that we have to ascribe significance to human life. Only by recognizing ourselves as robots, argues Stanovich, can we begin to construct a concept of self based on what is truly singular about humans: that they gain control of their lives in a way unique among life forms on Earth - through rational self-determination.

基思·斯坦諾維奇 （Keith E. Stanovich），加拿大多倫多大學應用心理學和人類發展科學榮譽退休教授，也是加拿大應用認知科學前研究主席。

他的研究領域是推理和閱讀的心理學機製。他著有200多篇科學論文和7部書。在一項對於論文引用率的調查中，斯坦諾維奇教授位列引用率最高的50位發展心理學傢之一，也是25位最高産的教育心理學傢之一。

斯坦諾維奇教授獲奬無數。他於2012年榮獲美國心理學會頒發的桑代剋終身成就奬，也是唯一兩次獲得國際閱讀協會頒發的阿爾伯特 J. 哈裏斯奬的學者。

斯坦諾維奇教授著有暢銷書《對“僞心理學”說不》（How to Think Straight about Psychology），該書被全球400多所高等教育機構采用。他的另一部重要著作《理商：為什麼聰明人總是做蠢事》（What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought），獲得瞭2010年格文美爾教育奬。

吳寶沛，香港中文大學博士，本科和碩士分彆就讀於中山大學和北京師範大學。現執教於北京林業大學心理學係，研究方嚮為進化心理學。

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