thomblake comments on Winning the Unwinnable - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 21 January 2010 08:42:54PM *  1 point [-]

That's just plain false. Risk-aversion is a valid preference, and can be included as a term in a utility function (at slight risk of circularity, but that's not really a problem).

ETA: well, the stated units were utils, so risk-aversion should be included, so I think you're correct.