thomblake comments on Multiple Choice - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Alicorn 17 May 2010 10:26PM

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Comment author: thomblake 18 May 2010 02:45:44AM *  5 points [-]

(EDIT: rewrote crappy comment)

This article really doesn't seem to present anything that we don't already know. The main thrust seems to be something like "consider expected utility when taking actions", mixed in with some I don't know and the null action is an action. However, I believe that putting this general knowledge into a specific context adds value, in that it helps the reader examine parts of rationality in an applied context.

But it seems like it could have more links to related concepts. They're surely in there.

Comment author: RobinZ 18 May 2010 03:01:49AM *  2 points [-]

Allow me to be bewildered by the downvotes out loud, and request elaboration.

Edit: What I was curious about was why the downvoters disliked thomblake's comment, although I wouldn't mind knowing their objections to mine.

Comment author: thomblake 18 May 2010 12:01:00PM 0 points [-]

Well, why I would've downvoted that comment, is that it was basically just praise wrapped in word salad. I had a substantive point to make, but I failed to make it.