Can you rephrase that—because you’re mentioning theory and possibility at once which sounds like an oxymoron to me. That which is in theory best implies that which is impossible or at least unlikely. If you can rephrase it I’ll probably be able to understand what you mean.
Also, if you had a ‘magic wand’ and could change a whole raft of things at once, do you have a vision of your “best” life that you preference? Not necessarily a likely or even possible one. But one that of all fantasies you can imagine is preeminent? That seems to me to be a very easy way to define the “best”—it’s the one that the agent wants most. I assume most people have their visions of their own “best” lives, am I a rarity in this? Or do most people just kind of never think about what-ifs and have fantasies? And isn’t that, or the model of the self and your own preferences that influences that fantasy going to similarly be part of the model that dictates what you “know” would improve your life significantly.
Because if you consider it an improvement, then you see it as being better. It’s basic English: Good, Better, Best.
I don’t know what is in theory the best possible life I can live, but I do know ways that I can improve my life significantly.
Can you rephrase that—because you’re mentioning theory and possibility at once which sounds like an oxymoron to me. That which is in theory best implies that which is impossible or at least unlikely. If you can rephrase it I’ll probably be able to understand what you mean.
Also, if you had a ‘magic wand’ and could change a whole raft of things at once, do you have a vision of your “best” life that you preference? Not necessarily a likely or even possible one. But one that of all fantasies you can imagine is preeminent? That seems to me to be a very easy way to define the “best”—it’s the one that the agent wants most. I assume most people have their visions of their own “best” lives, am I a rarity in this? Or do most people just kind of never think about what-ifs and have fantasies? And isn’t that, or the model of the self and your own preferences that influences that fantasy going to similarly be part of the model that dictates what you “know” would improve your life significantly.
Because if you consider it an improvement, then you see it as being better. It’s basic English: Good, Better, Best.