It’s not true, epistemically, but is true instrumentally.
I explicitly wrote it was an instrumental rationality quote, not epistemically rational because of the kind of literalism you’ve so gratuitously supplied :)
I don’t think it’s true, period. It’s true that “No one is in control of your happiness but you”, but it does not follow that “therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change”. And for it to be true instrumentally, it should give us a tip about how to control your happiness.
It’s not true, epistemically, but is true instrumentally.
I explicitly wrote it was an instrumental rationality quote, not epistemically rational because of the kind of literalism you’ve so gratuitously supplied :)
I don’t think it’s true, period. It’s true that “No one is in control of your happiness but you”, but it does not follow that “therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change”. And for it to be true instrumentally, it should give us a tip about how to control your happiness.
The tip is implicit.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters
That one makes the same or similar claim, but explicitly. Do you get it now?
Yeah, that one is better. :-)