michael_vassar3 comments on The Evolutionary-Cognitive Boundary - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 February 2009 04:44PM

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Comment author: michael_vassar3 12 February 2009 08:11:59PM 2 points [-]

A few years ago conscious and subconscious computations could gloom up my day a lot more than they can now. Subsequently I believe I came to understand people a lot better and now I am a lot more aware of personal confusion on this subject but in general at the very least I can say that conscious and subconscious ulterior motivations also only remind me more of what humans are. Broadly, they seem likely to fall under "something to protect".

Anyway, I'm really glad to see what seems to me like uncommonly effective communication between Eliezer and Robin on this point.