timtyler comments on Request For Article: Many-Worlds Quantum Computing - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 22 November 2009 09:52:57AM *  0 points [-]

I mean that it's not really a case of "Eliezer's "epistemic rationality" and "instrumental rationality"" - since he didn't originate those terms.

The terms do seem to be a bit duff. The underlying concepts are OK - but IMO, the terminology leaves something to be desired.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 November 2009 10:38:55PM 0 points [-]

When I said 'Eliezer's "epistemic rationality" and "instrumental rationality"', I was talking specifically about this. Perhaps I'm mistaken, and these definitions are an oral tradition passed on through the generations by mouth before Eliezer finally wrote them down.

Comment author: timtyler 23 November 2009 12:14:04AM *  1 point [-]

Er, there were plenty of pages on the internet about "epistemic rationality" and "instrumental rationality" long before that. Like I say, they are the standard terms:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_rationality

http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Epistemic-Rationality-Richard-Foley/dp/0674882768