For a long time I thought ppl were saying dumb things about rationality, until I realized they were using a different definition of rationality from me. I think their definition is something like "If social consensus is that an idea is unpromising, then that idea is irrational"https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1090608908534800384 …
You don't have to worry about different types of utility. It's sufficient to talk about whether something is a sufficiently good bet to achieve some specific goal. When you like working on something, you'll do it even if it's not.
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The way you have described it makes it seem as if the experience of researching or doing the activity is the goal in itself, or at least becomes the goal.
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