Worth mentioning the wanting vs. liking distinction. Wanting something and expecting it to make you happy are distinct. Not everyone wants to wirehead. (Of course, people can have incorrect explicit beliefs about what they want)
I think there are times when people want something but know they won’t actually like it; that it won’t actually make them happy. For example, pizza and french fries might be something that people want, but that they know won’t actually make them happy. I used pizza and french fries as an example, and maybe it wasn’t a good choice.
Still, I think that there are still many other times where people are actually wrong about what they like, enough such that it is very harmful.
Worth mentioning the wanting vs. liking distinction. Wanting something and expecting it to make you happy are distinct. Not everyone wants to wirehead. (Of course, people can have incorrect explicit beliefs about what they want)
Ah, good point. I agree.
I think there are times when people want something but know they won’t actually like it; that it won’t actually make them happy. For example, pizza and french fries might be something that people want, but that they know won’t actually make them happy. I used pizza and french fries as an example, and maybe it wasn’t a good choice.
Still, I think that there are still many other times where people are actually wrong about what they like, enough such that it is very harmful.