Not a clever argument, more of an admission of current weakness. Admitting current weakness has the advantage of having the obvious next step of “consider becoming stronger”.
But saying “Pursuing my interests would increase utility anyway” has the disadvantage of requiring no further actions. Which is fine if it’s true, but if you evaluate the truth of the statement while you still have this potential source of bias lurking in the background, it might not be.
Not a clever argument, more of an admission of current weakness. Admitting current weakness has the advantage of having the obvious next step of “consider becoming stronger”.
But saying “Pursuing my interests would increase utility anyway” has the disadvantage of requiring no further actions. Which is fine if it’s true, but if you evaluate the truth of the statement while you still have this potential source of bias lurking in the background, it might not be.