SapientPearwood comments on Bad Concepts Repository - Less Wrong

20 Post author: moridinamael 27 June 2013 03:16AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 29 June 2013 03:09:31AM *  1 point [-]

Sometimes this works the other way and people's conscious beliefs and goals are called their "true" beliefs and goals in contrast to their unconscious ones.

Most examples I recall, of pointing out which - conscious vs unconscious - is the "true" motivation, were attempts to attack someone's behavior. An accuser picks one motivation that is disagreeable or unpleasant, and uses it to cast aspersion on a positive behavior.

I don't think that one self is being privileged over the other solely because of confusion as to which motivations really dictate behavior. It largely depends on which is more convenient for the accuser who designates the "true" self.

Also, you may want to put your two bad concepts into different comments. That way they can be upvoted or downvoted separately.