pengvado comments on The Lifespan Dilemma - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 September 2009 06:45PM

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Comment author: pengvado 15 September 2009 01:21:42AM *  1 point [-]

And it's worse than just akrasia. If you have incoherent preferences and someone money-pumps you, then the revealed utility function is "likes running around in circles", i.e. it isn't even about the choices you thought you were deciding between.

Comment author: Johnicholas 15 September 2009 01:39:04AM 2 points [-]

Yup.

Speaking as if "everyone" has a utility function is common around here, but it makes my teeth hurt.