I often wonder if this framing (with which I mostly agree) is an example of typical mind fallacy. The assumption that many humans are capable of distinguishing terminal from instrumental goals, or in having terminal goals more abstract than “comfort and procreation”, is not all that supported by evidence.
In other words, politicized debates DO rub you the wrong way, but on two dimensions—first, that you’re losing, because you’re approaching them from a different motive than your opponents. And second that it reveals not just a misalignment with fellow humans in terminal goals, but an alien-ness in the type of terminal goals you find reasonable.
I often wonder if this framing (with which I mostly agree) is an example of typical mind fallacy. The assumption that many humans are capable of distinguishing terminal from instrumental goals, or in having terminal goals more abstract than “comfort and procreation”, is not all that supported by evidence.
In other words, politicized debates DO rub you the wrong way, but on two dimensions—first, that you’re losing, because you’re approaching them from a different motive than your opponents. And second that it reveals not just a misalignment with fellow humans in terminal goals, but an alien-ness in the type of terminal goals you find reasonable.