Consciousness is all-important: a reply to @robinhanson on signaling. http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2017/11/consciousness_i.html …
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Replying to @bryan_caplan
Postulated preferences & conscious intent are just two very different topics on which one could be clear. I agree we should be clear on prefs; but even you re schooling aren't clear (to me) re conscious intent. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2017/11/preferences-awareness.html …
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Replying to @robinhanson
I'm relying on the common-sense Cartesian principle that "I THINK I enjoy X" implies "I enjoy X." Though of course "I SAY I enjoy X" doesn't not imply "I enjoy X."
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Replying to @bryan_caplan
No one is ever deluded about how much they enjoy particular things?
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Replying to @bryan_caplan @robinhanson
Now that's just sheerly false, Bryan. Human introspection is terrible, and easily disturbed by social desirability bias. If people don't know what they believe until you ask them to bet, why would they always be right about what they enjoy? "Do you enjoy praying?"
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Introspection is good! (like common sense) We only tend to notice when it fails, because otherwise it does a fantastic job. The burden of proof is not on Bryan's side.
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I agree! But the *universal* claim made seems obviously false, and possibly related to other times when Bryan seems to be taking an idealistic non-reductionist viewpoint on minds and brains. The human ability to get almost anything wrong is nigh unlimited.
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