Oscar_Cunningham comments on The Fundamental Question - Less Wrong

43 Post author: MBlume 19 April 2010 04:09PM

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 19 April 2010 09:48:51PM 1 point [-]

The problem being that we often find ourselves doing things for reasons other than the ones we think we do. Robin Hanson will tell you that.

Comment author: byrnema 20 April 2010 12:09:29AM 0 points [-]

Why is this a problem? (Along the lines of, why do you need to accurately know the reasons why you do things?) I'm trying to relate. I see beliefs as something I need in order to decide what to do. As long as I'm doing what I decide to do, why would I worry about varied reasons for doing it?

Comment author: roundsquare 20 April 2010 08:57:59AM 1 point [-]

As long as I'm doing what I decide to do, why would I worry about varied reasons for doing it?

One reason that comes to mind is that you might be avoiding something you should be doing.