Nick_Tarleton comments on Open Thread: February 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 17 February 2010 10:19:55PM 1 point [-]

Somebody with a literally wildly differing reflective preference would not be a person

This is a very nonstandard usage; personhood is almost universally defined in terms of consciousness and cognitive capacities, and even plausibly relevant desire-like properties like boredom don't have much to do with reflective preference/volition.