Would you rather be unhappy but be convinced that you are happy, or be happy but convinced you are unhappy
- unhappy, convinced happy53.4%
- happy, convinced unhappy46.6%
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😆 Instead of preference, ask if you could picture yourself as one or the other. I think this all hinges on whether you think you could exist as pragmatically deluded or not towards a goal, like a Christian.
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This feels broken unless it's possible to be mistaken about ones qualia.
Which strikes me as impossible.
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If being happy applies to my being convinced of my unhappiness then perhaps the second option describes being happy or satisfied with perceived unhappiness?
The question makes a distinction between objective happiness and perceived happiness that's difficult for me to define.
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This seems like a paradox? Maybe it isn't if you define happiness differently than I do?
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I've done the first one in a previous career, and I'd rather not repeat it. Guess I'll try the second!