Skatche comments on The peril of ignoring emotions - Less Wrong

14 Post author: Swimmer963 03 April 2011 05:15PM

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Comment author: JulianMorrison 03 April 2011 10:54:30PM 1 point [-]

I'm actually a little wary of assuming there are pre-existing "desires" which exist but wait to be understood. Rather than for example, a handful of inborn influences, a heap of cultural and situational influence, and a gradual accumulation of preferences from cognition and experience.

Consider that you'd think the above description was quite sensible when applied to food preferences,

Comment author: Skatche 03 April 2011 11:19:30PM 0 points [-]

Er, good point; thanks for the reminder.