Psychohistorian comments on You cannot be mistaken about (not) wanting to wirehead - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Psychohistorian 27 January 2010 08:04:35PM 1 point [-]

Now an FAI comes along and tells you that it predicts if you knew what the flavors taste like, you'd choose the blue one instead. Do you not switch to the blue one?

There's a rather enormous leap between the FAI saying, "Y'know, I think you'd like that one more," and the FAI altering your brain so you select that one. Providing new information simply isn't altering someone's mind in this context.