Vladimir_Nesov comments on Expected futility for humans - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 09 June 2009 06:08:21PM *  0 points [-]

As I said, it's just a special case, with utility maximization not being the best form for thinking about it (as you noted, simple logic suffices here). The conjecture is that everything in decision-making is a special case of utility maximization.