PhilGoetz comments on Maximise Expected Utility, not Expected Perception of Utility - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 08 May 2010 02:39:40PM 0 points [-]

I am speaking of simple, straightforward, representational semantics of a logic, and the answer I gave is correct. You are talking about humans, and making a sophisticated philosophical argument, and trying to map it onto logic by analogy. Which is more reliable?

I don't mean that your comments are wrong; but you're talking about people, and I'm talking about computer programs. What I said about computer programs is correct about computer programs.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 08 May 2010 02:57:42PM *  1 point [-]

As was indicated by the link, I'm talking about Loeb's theorem; the informal discussion about what people (or formal agents) should believe is merely one application/illustration of that idea.