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Episode 224: Hurts So Good (With Paul Bloom)

Very Bad Wizards

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Isn't Choosing B, at a Psychological Level, Choosing Between Two Sorts of Pleasure?

It is wrong to ussume it ava case where somebody has two deserts in front of him and is trying to struggle which one he'll enjoy. Genuinely different motivations, gen diffent desires, different brain systems. It may be that the right view from a philosophical point of view, and its kind lioke tamlers saying that sisyphus seems like he's in a terrible state, but a certain abstract level, he's no differnt from t e rest of us. But this doesn't mean psychological heathenism is correct. I think you take somebody struggling whether to stay home and watch t v and relax, or take a long trip to help a friend

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