Psy-Kosh comments on True Ending: Sacrificial Fire (7/8) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thelittledoctor 11 April 2011 04:27:01PM 1 point [-]

Oh, I see. I've been confusing happiness as a state of present bliss with happiness as a positive feeling regarding a situation, which are not quite the same thing. Excellent reply, thank you.

Comment author: Psy-Kosh 11 April 2011 05:34:43PM 1 point [-]

Alternately, imagine the pill would alter the structure of her mind so that she would become the sort of being that would be happy about her children dying?

So even in the case where it relates to situations, one might reject such a pill.