The distinction between giving in to a experienced craving and just happening to act in a way that outsiders would describe as involving a craving seems very important to me. In particular, people responding to your story might think “I don’t have cravings, so I shouldn’t worry about what those cravings are really for.” But maybe I’m making up too specific a failure mode. I see the central point of the post being a perfect example of how the brain is very bad at communicating certain needs to the systems that can get those needs met and failure to communicate that there was a need seemed a more fundamental and problematic failure than the mere failure to communicate details of the need.
(I’m assuming that there never was any craving; I’m not putting emphasis on the end of the story. But if there’s asymmetry, that’s interesting, too. Another detail I wonder about is: did you make up the excuses for yourself, or only when questioned?)
I’m sorry it took me so long to respond. I thought I could put my thoughts in better order, but time didn’t help. I do think weird things are usually important, though perhaps not here. If there parts you don’t understand, then it’s dangerous to generalize from it. If there are parts that surprised you at the time, but made everything make sense, then they’ll probably surprise everyone else and should be disseminated.
I’m not sure I understand. Why is the lack of craving-evaporation-qualia such an important part of the story?
The distinction between giving in to a experienced craving and just happening to act in a way that outsiders would describe as involving a craving seems very important to me. In particular, people responding to your story might think “I don’t have cravings, so I shouldn’t worry about what those cravings are really for.” But maybe I’m making up too specific a failure mode. I see the central point of the post being a perfect example of how the brain is very bad at communicating certain needs to the systems that can get those needs met and failure to communicate that there was a need seemed a more fundamental and problematic failure than the mere failure to communicate details of the need.
(I’m assuming that there never was any craving; I’m not putting emphasis on the end of the story. But if there’s asymmetry, that’s interesting, too. Another detail I wonder about is: did you make up the excuses for yourself, or only when questioned?)
I’m sorry it took me so long to respond. I thought I could put my thoughts in better order, but time didn’t help. I do think weird things are usually important, though perhaps not here. If there parts you don’t understand, then it’s dangerous to generalize from it. If there are parts that surprised you at the time, but made everything make sense, then they’ll probably surprise everyone else and should be disseminated.