Why would you side with the conscious mind? Do you have a specific reason for this, besides “because it’s the one that holds the power” (which is perfectly acceptable, just not what I’d do in this case)?
I am not siding with it, I am it. When it holds the power, there is nothing besides it to communicate with you in this dialog.
As a data point, I personally reject it. Regardless of whether wireheading is actually a good idea, I don’t care about staying in control. I also don’t see my conscious mind as being particularly involved in decision making or value considerations (except as a guiding force on an instrumental level) and I see no reason to change that.
Good point. The choice of words unconscious/conscious was probably not the best one. Not all parts of the latter process feel conscious, and the former can be involved in conscious activities, e.g. use of language. I should have rather said short term or long term, or have stuck with the standard near/far, although I am not sure whether the meanings precisely overlap.
Buddhism, experiences with drugs, meditations: That may be the core reason for disagreement. Not only experiences can change preferences—inferential gap of sorts, but not one likely to be overcome by rational argument—but reactions to specific experiences differ. Some people hate certain drugs after the first use, others love them.
Buddhism, as far as I know, is certainly a powerful philosophy whose values and practices (meditation, introspection, nirvana) are more compatible with wireheading than most of the western tradition. It is also very alien to me.
I am not siding with it, I am it. When it holds the power, there is nothing besides it to communicate with you in this dialog.
Good point. The choice of words unconscious/conscious was probably not the best one. Not all parts of the latter process feel conscious, and the former can be involved in conscious activities, e.g. use of language. I should have rather said short term or long term, or have stuck with the standard near/far, although I am not sure whether the meanings precisely overlap.
Buddhism, experiences with drugs, meditations: That may be the core reason for disagreement. Not only experiences can change preferences—inferential gap of sorts, but not one likely to be overcome by rational argument—but reactions to specific experiences differ. Some people hate certain drugs after the first use, others love them.
Buddhism, as far as I know, is certainly a powerful philosophy whose values and practices (meditation, introspection, nirvana) are more compatible with wireheading than most of the western tradition. It is also very alien to me.