The assumption wasn’t that minimizing hiccups maximizes satisfaction, but that it’s hiccups rather than satisfaction that matters. Obviously we both agree this assumption is false. We seem to have some source of information telling us lifetime hiccups are the wrong utility function. Why not ask this source what is the right utility function?
We seem to have some source of information telling us lifetime hiccups are the wrong utility function. Why not ask this source what is the right utility function?
We could settle this dispute on the basis of mere intuition if out intuitions didn’t conflict so often. But they do, so we can’t.
The assumption wasn’t that minimizing hiccups maximizes satisfaction, but that it’s hiccups rather than satisfaction that matters. Obviously we both agree this assumption is false. We seem to have some source of information telling us lifetime hiccups are the wrong utility function. Why not ask this source what is the right utility function?
We could settle this dispute on the basis of mere intuition if out intuitions didn’t conflict so often. But they do, so we can’t.