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If I wanted peace on earth, I would not be willing to press a button that would eliminate my desire for peace on earth. But if I "wanted" heroin, I would be willing to press a button that would eliminate my desire for heroin, and then consider the problem solved.
How's this for an anecdote: I hate how I tend to procrastinate, but when I read about anti-procrastination techniques here and elsewhere, I shy away from trying them, out of fear they might actually work.
Can you give us at least your best guess as to why you find that frightening?
I want at some level to dick around on the internet rather than do work, and so I avoid shaping reality such that I do work rather than dick around on the internet
Yes, I get the same thing.