AndrewKemendo comments on Would Your Real Preferences Please Stand Up? - Less Wrong
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I doubt it is necessary to need to choose one or the other. I would imagine that both theories could be well represented in the population.
Are you suggesting that unconscious motivation cannot be changed by the "rational" conscious? I would argue that any significant behavioral modification is doing exactly this. One example that I think demonstrates this well is martial arts training. In the beginning the trainee unconsciously flinches and turns away from an oncoming threat while the trained expert tracks and deflects the threat unconsciously.