This is obviously a different sense of the word “enlightenment”, and a different intended connotation of “chop wood, carry water”. Downvoted.
(I always thought that, like TheOtherDave said below, this quote means “it all adds up to normality”.)
I disagree; I think that the saying is straightforwardly mistaken in exactly the way Eliezer states.
I read it as something like “enlightened or not, you’re still made of atoms”.
… and you still have the same evolutionary history and basic urges, all of which significantly constrain your preferences and capabilities.
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This is obviously a different sense of the word “enlightenment”, and a different intended connotation of “chop wood, carry water”. Downvoted.
(I always thought that, like TheOtherDave said below, this quote means “it all adds up to normality”.)
I disagree; I think that the saying is straightforwardly mistaken in exactly the way Eliezer states.
I read it as something like “enlightened or not, you’re still made of atoms”.
… and you still have the same evolutionary history and basic urges, all of which significantly constrain your preferences and capabilities.