dclayh comments on Silver Chairs, Paternalism, and Akrasia - Less Wrong

36 Post author: dclayh 09 April 2009 09:24PM

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Comment author: dclayh 12 April 2009 10:10:54PM 0 points [-]

I certainly agree that it's possible to change what you want, if you want to, but analyzing such meta-desires seems tricky. (I'm reminded of the passage in Carmen where the title character says something to the effect of "I love you now less than I did, and soon I won't love you at all.")