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Dagon comments on Open Thread, Jul. 27 - Aug 02, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Dagon 28 July 2015 04:23:54PM 0 points [-]

Cool. The (Metaethics Sequence)[http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Metaethics_sequence] is useful for some of those things.

I have to admit that, for myself, I remain unconvinced that there is an objective truth to be had regarding "what should I want". Partly because I'm unconvinced that "I" is a coherent unitary thing at any given timepoint, let alone over time. And partly because I don't see how to distinguish "preferences" from "tendencies" without resorting to unmeasurable guesses about qualia and consciousness.