So there's this argument that utilitarianism doesn't work because (per work by behavioral economists) preferences are non-transitive. That is, you can't make a top to bottom list of preferences for each person where the higher position is always a higher preference.

But, like, surely preferences are *pretty* transitive? You can construct weird non-transitive cases. But for most purchase you could construct a list.

@ZachWeinersmith what does a utilitarian make of the paradox of "overthinking your purchases makes you more likely to have buyers remorse" (citation needed). that would speak against making a list in the first place, even if possible?
@mist @ZachWeinersmith outsource the decision to a computer highly trained in my preferences 🤣