@The_Lagrangian There are certain books that I like. If a theory claims those books are bad, how does that explain why I like them then?
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Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient it's the same as any is/ought arg, where "bad" cashes out to "predictably puts you in future states of lower preference"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @The_Lagrangian
@The_Lagrangian If an aesthetic preference leads to lower utility later, that's a separate issue from that thing satisfying your aesthetics.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient that's a reasonable boundary for the term "aesthetics", but there would still be a need for other term for predictive model1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @The_Lagrangian
@CurlOfGradient terminal and instrumental utility are distinct, but we need both to reason about the world2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @The_Lagrangian
@The_Lagrangian Right, but aesthetics is just a favorable/unfavorable reaction to stimuli. Whether or not you find X favorably stimulating >1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@The_Lagrangian > is not contingent on whether having such a reaction works out well for you later on.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient that seems to be a rewording of what I said- I think we may be in agreement1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @The_Lagrangian
@The_Lagrangian Probably. 140 characters is too short to get across points.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient would you agree that, say, a candy bar would be something that could be described as "you like this" and "it is bad"?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@The_Lagrangian Yes. I find it fundamentally aesthetically pleasing, but it might not be in line with other goals to eat one at the moment.
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Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@The_Lagrangian But I wouldn't say it's bad aesthetically. It's good aesthetically by virtue of my liking it.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient damn people and their minds needing to use halo effects to encode this information0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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