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22 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 July 2008 11:54PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 13 September 2011 12:15:28PM *  0 points [-]

A simpler example would be an emotional drive to eat. We have hunger, but that is just a sensation.

A majority of people in first-world countries not on a weight-loss diet or something seldom feel real hunger (as opposed to appetite), and the “I wouldn't mind a snack right now” feeling (despite having had lunch a couple of hours before) feels much more like an emotion such as missing someone or being worried than like a sensation such as having to pee or feeling cold.