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Mark_Lu comments on Hedonic vs Preference Utilitarianism in the Context of Wireheading - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: jkaufman 29 June 2012 01:50PM

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Comment author: Mark_Lu 30 June 2012 09:05:48AM 1 point [-]

just because I want X doesn't mean I don't also want Y where Y is incompatible with X

In real life you are still forced to choose between X and Y, and through wireheading you can still cycle between X and Y at different times.