From: M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 07:09:25 +0000 (-0700) Subject: drafting "Teleology" X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=644dcc8c4447bd10636c241125015d4f7a934c60 drafting "Teleology" --- diff --git a/content/drafts/teleology.md b/content/drafts/teleology.md index 96e96e3..612651b 100644 --- a/content/drafts/teleology.md +++ b/content/drafts/teleology.md @@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Status: draft "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: +"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."