Origin64 comments on Doublethink (Choosing to be Biased) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Origin64 18 December 2012 08:29:36PM 0 points [-]

"You might even believe you were happy and self-deceived; but you would not in fact be happy and self-deceived."

As far as I've got this happiness thing figured out, you're it when you believe you are, and you're not when you believe you're not. There is, in fact, not necessarily a correlation between how happy a person should be, and how happy they feel. Feelings don't have to correspond to reality. One can consciously choose to no longer be bothered by something and just be happy instead. For me at least, with a little effort, it works. And it can be validated just as easily, just by stating that my sole utility function is to be happy. The human brain is a lotus-eater machine.