h-H comments on Meditation, insight, and rationality. (Part 1 of 3) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: h-H 01 May 2011 04:09:50AM *  0 points [-]

but isn't being presented with a to-do list or alternatively feeling hungry then finding food different than 'forming goals'?

to be more precise, maybe the 'survival instinct' that leads them to seek food is not located in their emotional centers so some goals might survive regardless. but yes, the assumption is untested AFAIK.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 01 May 2011 05:24:33AM 1 point [-]

but isn't being presented with a to-do list or alternatively feeling hungry then finding food different than 'forming goals'?

I don't think so, but that sounds like a question of semantics to me. If you want to use a definition of 'form goals' that doesn't include 'acquire food when hungry', it's up to you to draw a coherent dividing line for it, and then we can figure out if it's relevant here.