Vladimir_Nesov comments on Would Your Real Preferences Please Stand Up? - Less Wrong
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Few examples where "unconscious" beats "conscious" hands down are dancing and driving a car.
You are thinking of different concepts from the ones discussed in the post. These are not conflicting goals or drives, these are different ways of implementing a skill: intuitive vs. deliberative (however they are properly called). Either of these can be deployed for the ends of either conscious or subconscious preferences.