People often seem to get these mixed up, resulting in “You want useful beliefs and accurate emotions.”
Not sure what an “accurate emotion” would mean, feel like some sort of domain error. (e.g. a blue sound.)
An accurate emotion = “I’m angry because I should be angry because she is being really, really mean to me.”
A useful emotion = “Showing empathy towards someone being mean to me will minimize the cost to me of others’ hostility.”
Where’s that ‘should’ coming from? (Or are you just explaining the concept rather than endorsing it?)
I mean in the way most (non-LW) people would interpret it, so explaining not endorsing.
Contrasting “accurate beliefs and useful emotions” with “useful beliefs and accurate emotions” would probably make a good exercise for a novice rationalist.
People often seem to get these mixed up, resulting in “You want useful beliefs and accurate emotions.”
Not sure what an “accurate emotion” would mean, feel like some sort of domain error. (e.g. a blue sound.)
An accurate emotion = “I’m angry because I should be angry because she is being really, really mean to me.”
A useful emotion = “Showing empathy towards someone being mean to me will minimize the cost to me of others’ hostility.”
Where’s that ‘should’ coming from? (Or are you just explaining the concept rather than endorsing it?)
I mean in the way most (non-LW) people would interpret it, so explaining not endorsing.
Contrasting “accurate beliefs and useful emotions” with “useful beliefs and accurate emotions” would probably make a good exercise for a novice rationalist.