Stuart_Armstrong comments on Extreme risks: when not to use expected utility - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 24 October 2009 07:54:41AM 0 points [-]

Ah, but I'm not looking for a merely descriptive theory, but for one that was also rational and logicaly consistent. And using prospect theory for every small decision in your life will leave you worse off than using expected utility for every small decision.

There's nothing wrong I can see about using prospect theory for the mega-risk decisions, though - I wouldn't do so, but there seems no logical flaw in the idea.