[MD] Zero-One

[david buchanan]

Marsha asked:
How about:  Is having experience-x "better" than not having experience-x?  
Is not having experience-x "better" than having experience-x?

dmb replies:
I'm gonna say that's a trick question. Betterness is known within 
experience, its most basic feature. But sure, we learn that its better to 
avoid some experiences and every creature will remove itself from a bad 
situation if it can. "Worse" plays an important role in the notion of 
betterness. And its easy to imagine a neutral version, where it is better to 
sit and do nothing. But I think the idea is just that we know when its good 
or bad even before we know what or why or anything else. You know, that 
primary empirical reality, that cutting edge of experience prior to any 
intellectual evaluations or conscious assessments.

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