a time-varying function mapping utility over time into your satisfaction with your utility
I can’t make any sense of this. I value happiness-the-brain-state, which means I value satisfaction with my situation in life. That is part of my utility function. The “life-states” are mere inputs, they don’t exhaust the definition of “utility”. If I can predict that a year after winning the lottery I won’t be any happier than I am now, that bears directly on the expected utility of winning.
You say you’re talking about “Happiness, defined to include all of your values”, but the original mention of preferring truth to happiness had this for context: “I have been heartbroken, miserable, unfocused, and extremely ineffective since”. This is surely talking about psychological happiness, not overall “value”. Why such confusing terminology?
I can’t make any sense of this. I value happiness-the-brain-state, which means I value satisfaction with my situation in life. That is part of my utility function. The “life-states” are mere inputs, they don’t exhaust the definition of “utility”. If I can predict that a year after winning the lottery I won’t be any happier than I am now, that bears directly on the expected utility of winning.
You say you’re talking about “Happiness, defined to include all of your values”, but the original mention of preferring truth to happiness had this for context: “I have been heartbroken, miserable, unfocused, and extremely ineffective since”. This is surely talking about psychological happiness, not overall “value”. Why such confusing terminology?