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It should strive to be much better, at least this utility function mysticism could be avoided.
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.