Friday, May 11, 2018

Fun with desire satisfaction

Suppose that desire satisfaction as such contributes to happiness. Then it makes sense to pay a neuroscientist to induce in me as many desires as possible for obvious mathematical truths: the desire that 1+1=2, that 1+2=3, that 1+3=4, etc.

Or if desire has to be for a state of affairs in one’s control, one can pay the neuroscientist to induce in me as many desires as possible for states of affairs like: my not wearing a T-shirt that has a green numeral 1, my not wearing a T-shirt that has a green numeral 2, etc. Then by not wearing a T-shirt with any green numerals, I fulfill lots of desires.

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