MichaelVassar comments on Boredom vs. Scope Insensitivity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelVassar 26 September 2009 07:07:52AM 0 points [-]

When thinking more clearly about your feeling doesn't make it go away. Really, maybe boredom is a bad example. We definitely wouldn't want to potentially feel arbitrarily much boredom if we couldn't escape from it.

Comment author: Wei_Dai 26 September 2009 08:34:22AM 0 points [-]

Michael, your first sentence seems completely ungrammatical. I can't parse it or guess its meaning.