What’s the simplest explanation for:
1. Most people in the world are repulsed by the idea of working on tools for increasing happiness
2. If you ask basically anyone “would you like to be twice as happy” they immediately say yes
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people don’t want to be happy. happiness is what happens when you get what you want. people just want the stuff they want
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how about if I said 1. I will give you what you want 2. Only if I also give you anhedonia
do you think people would generally say yes? (Non-rhetorical)
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that would also be bad! people want their feelings to match reality, whatever that means!
QC is basically right. What do you think about "Tyranny of the intentional object"? qualiacomputing.com/2016/11/19/the
QRI would say that most people are direct realists about valence and you are an indirect realist about valence.
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