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All preferences have a causal history, and given that those causes tend not to care about efficiency (e.g. evolution, but also society/culture and probably others), I suspect most human "terminal" preferences are like risk-aversion: they seem suited for accomplishing some goal, but there are more efficient or accurate ways of doing so.
So should we self-modify to instead value those more efficient or accurate approaches? In the case of risk-aversion I seem to think the answer is yes, but in the case of love I seem to think that the answer is no. I am not sure why my brain is making this distinction or whether it might be legitimate.
Yup, I'm confused too.
I would argue that your perception of bias vs. value is based on what you (unconsciously) perceive would signal higher status.
Signalling and status are useful tools, but if they can explain any behavior then they explain nothing. I want status, yes, of course, I'm human. But I also want to be loved. And I want the safety and stability that risk aversion brings.
I'm not in danger of confusing every bias with a terminal value. Falling for the conjunction fallacy doesn't seem to help me get anything I want.
But I am genuinely uncertain about where, whether, and how much my biases and values overlap.