timtyler comments on Decision theory: Why Pearl helps reduce “could” and “would”, but still leaves us with at least three alternatives - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 06 September 2009 08:49:52PM -1 points [-]

Worlds can split before a decision - but they can split 1 second before, 1 millisecond before - or while the decision to be made is still being evaluated.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 September 2009 09:01:50PM *  1 point [-]

So? Versions of you that choose different strategies must have ended up performing different computations due to splits at whatever time, hence, under TDT, one decision-process still only makes one decision.