multifoliaterose comments on Strategies for dealing with emotional nihilism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: multifoliaterose 10 October 2010 03:22:56PM *  3 points [-]

I agree with you and Nancy Lebovitz that it's not literally the case that emotional nihilism corresponds to the trivial utility function - I think that SarahC did not intend to make this claim and was instead describing her subjective impressions of how emotional nihilism feels relative to a more common equilibrium emotional state.