Vladimir_Nesov comments on Secrets of the eliminati - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 18 July 2011 01:12:08AM * 5 points [-]

Some preferences don't manifest as tendencies. You might not have been given a choice, or weren't ready to find the right answer.

Comment author: Alexei 18 July 2011 05:35:20PM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure I understand. Can you please provide an example?

Comment author: ShardPhoenix 21 July 2011 03:43:05AM 0 points [-]

Then you could include tendency to want something as well as tendency to do something.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 21 July 2011 10:47:58AM 0 points [-]

Or tendency to be yourself, perhaps tendency to have a certain preference. If you relax a concept that much, it becomes useless, a fake explanation.