Vladimir_Nesov comments on Actions and Words: Akrasia and the Fruit of Self-Knowledge - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 16 April 2009 08:46:54PM 0 points [-]

What we say about ourselves is the map. What we do is the territory.

Every map is part of the territory. But what a particular map a map of? When we reason about what we want, we don't reason about what we actually do, but about what we should do.

Comment author: Annoyance 17 April 2009 04:55:11PM 1 point [-]

People who talk about what they want usually aren't talking about what they should want.