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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Resurrection through simulation: questions of feasibility, desirability and some implications - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 25 May 2012 09:37:05AM *  2 points [-]

Apparent preferences about decisions run a risk of actually being rationalizations of intuitively appealing incorrect decisions (and not real preferences). Especially in situations where consequentialist analysis runs against intuition, the decision suggested by intuition can feel like preference, maybe because preferences are usually accessed in the form of intuitions.