dclayh comments on Newcomb's problem happened to me - Less Wrong

37 Post author: Academian 26 March 2010 06:31PM

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Comment author: dclayh 26 March 2010 08:21:41PM 0 points [-]

One dissimilarity from Newcomb's is that the marginal utility of spouses decreases faster than the marginal utility of money, and moreover many potential spouses are known to exist. (I.e., Joe can just walk away and find someone more reasonable to marry for relatively small utility cost.)