timtyler comments on Wanting vs. Liking Revisited - Less Wrong

34 Post author: Yvain 09 July 2011 08:54PM

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Comment author: timtyler 10 July 2011 10:14:34AM *  2 points [-]

This deals yet another blow to the concept of me having "preferences".

I think I probably missed the first blows. I find the concept of "preferences" unproblematical. The idea that the magnitude of a preference for eating popcorn is location-dependent seems perfectly ordinary to me. Perhaps work harder on seeking a sympathetic interpretation for "preference" talk.