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“Hardwired” is often used loosely to refer to functions that are innate and unlearned in living systems: “The ability to perceive objects in a certain way appears to be hardwired into the brains of mammals.”
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The only other thrash band to hit No. 1 is Metallica, who have done so six times, most recently with 2016’s “Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct.”
From Los Angeles Times
Identifying this selfless decision brain activity, in multiple people, strongly suggests that altruism is hardwired in our brains; that it evolved to make us take care of others.
From BBC
It is a significant shift for a value retailer whose executives describe the company as hardwired to keep prices at or below $5.
Back then he asserted that people would be naturally comfortable with “robots with humanoid form that act like humans; the interface is hardwired in our brains,” and that “humans and robots can cooperate on tasks in close quarters in ways heretofore imaginable only in science fiction.”
From Los Angeles Times
Many researchers believe this trait is hardwired into our brains for evolutionary reasons.
From MarketWatch
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