X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?a=blobdiff_plain;f=content%2Fdrafts%2Fteleology.md;h=612651b2393a50df0649248bf6c2eec636497014;hb=3049fa2c0e3319bf860193a372a60f014bdae302;hp=ba8fce7036f23d3fae57e18f62e8540f5a5057b7;hpb=570fb042095d2fce8b38c921a5d9e54411a357d6;p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git diff --git a/content/drafts/teleology.md b/content/drafts/teleology.md index ba8fce7..612651b 100644 --- a/content/drafts/teleology.md +++ b/content/drafts/teleology.md @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ Category: other Tags: epistemology Status: draft -"I mean, if that explanation actually makes you feel happier, then fine ..." +"I mean, if that explanation actually makes you feel happier, then fine." "Feeling happier isn't what explanations are for. Explanations are for [predicting our observations](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/a7n8GdKiAZRX86T5A/making-beliefs-pay-rent-in-anticipated-experiences). -[...] +"Emotions, too, are functional: happiness measures whether things in your life are going well or going poorly, but does not _constitute_ things going well, much as a high reading on a thermometer measures heat as 'temperature' without itself _being_ heat. -If the explanation that predicts your observations makes you unhappy, then the explanation—and the unhappiness—are functioning as designed." +"If the explanation that predicts your observations makes you unhappy, then the explanation—and the unhappiness—are functioning as designed."