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DanielLC comments on Open thread, 30 June 2014- 6 July 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanielLC 01 July 2014 10:06:32PM 2 points [-]

You don't like having it at all, or you just don't consider it the sole value?

I tend to see satisfaction referring to preference-satisfaction, meaning that a person's goals are satisfied, but not implying that they know this. If you are a paperclip maximizer, and the universe is tiled with paperclips, but you don't think there's a such thing as a paperclip, you may not be very happy, but your preferences are satisfied.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 July 2014 03:51:24PM 0 points [-]

I have nothing against happiness per se, it just doesn't feel like a proper terminal value.