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

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 13 March 2010 03:17:17AM *  0 points [-]

Or is it that past experiences are valuable only through the pleasure their memories give us in the present?

This seems very unlikely. If the experience of remembering pleasurable events is valuable in itself, why can't other experiences be valuable in themselves?