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Ixiel comments on Open thread, September 8-14, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Ixiel 12 September 2014 03:14:50PM 1 point [-]

I meant to imply the former, albeit with the possibility "what you want to do" is not restricted from including leisure/hedonics/pleasure.

Comment author: Lumifer 12 September 2014 03:25:00PM 3 points [-]

Technically, yes, though people mostly use (1) to mean doing something purposeful, an activity after which you can point and say "I made that", while (2) is essentially trying to get as close to wireheading as you currently can :-)

Comment author: Ixiel 12 September 2014 03:57:26PM 1 point [-]

Fair enough :)