pjeby comments on The ideas you're not ready to post - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pjeby 20 April 2009 07:36:56PM 0 points [-]

Willpower in my usage is more general, when impulses are overridden or circumvented.

I don't see how that's any different from what I said. How is an "impulse" different from a preference reversal? (i.e., if it's not a preference reversal, why would you need to override or circumvent it?)