dclayh comments on Cached Selves - Less Wrong

172 Post author: AnnaSalamon 22 March 2009 07:34PM

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Comment author: dclayh 24 March 2009 10:35:34PM 2 points [-]

This effect is interesting from the rationalism perspective because it has three separate effects: (1) making us believe false things about our past mental states (or even false things about the world); (2) creating a disconnect between why we claim/believe we are saying or doing something, and why we actually are; and (3) the change in our behaviors/desires themselves. While (1) and (2) clearly represent decreases in rationality/sanity, what can we say about (3)? Don't we all believe Hume around here?