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Urges vs. Goals: The analogy to anticipation and belief — LessWrong

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Related to: Humans are not automatically strategic, That other kind of status, Approving reinforces low-effort behaviors. Joe studies long hours, and often prides himself on how driven he is to make something of himself. But in the actual moments of his studying, Joe often looks out the window, doodles, or drags his eyes over the text while his mind wanders. Someone sent him a link to which college majors lead to the greatest lifetime earnings, and he didn't get around to reading that either. Shall we say that Joe doesn't really care about making something of himself? The Inuit may not have 47 words for snow, but Less Wrongers do have at least two words for belief. We find it necessary to distinguish between: This distinction helps explain how an atheistic rationalist can still get spooked in a haunted house; how someone can “believe” they’re good at chess while avoiding games that might threaten that belief [1]; and why Eliezer had to actually crash a car before he viscerally unde

x Urges vs. Goals: The analogy to anticipation and belief — LessWrong Anticipated Experiences Distinctions Motivations Signaling Frontpage 130 Urges vs. Goals: The analogy to anticipation and belief by AnnaSalamon 24th Jan 2012 9 min read 72 130 Partially in response to: The curse of identity Related to: Humans are not automatically strategic , That other kind of status , Approving reinforces low-effort behaviors . Joe studies long hours, and often prides himself on how driven he is to make something of himself . But in the actual moments of his studying, Joe often looks out the window, doodle

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