One more elaboration on this “avoid pain” mode of thinking: avoiding pain is not necessarily easy. For example in practicing this mode I have refused to do things that are merely slightly unpleasant, at moderately large social cost. This did not come easily to me.
(I suppose one could quibble about whether the path I took was actually more painful because of the psychological discomfort of going against social pressure, but I’m talking more on the level of “what do you do if you take the spirit of the heuristic seriously.” I admit to being confused here which probably means I’m using the wrong words.)
One more elaboration on this “avoid pain” mode of thinking: avoiding pain is not necessarily easy. For example in practicing this mode I have refused to do things that are merely slightly unpleasant, at moderately large social cost. This did not come easily to me.
(I suppose one could quibble about whether the path I took was actually more painful because of the psychological discomfort of going against social pressure, but I’m talking more on the level of “what do you do if you take the spirit of the heuristic seriously.” I admit to being confused here which probably means I’m using the wrong words.)