Vladimir_Nesov comments on UDT agents as deontologists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 June 2010 01:40:23AM 2 points [-]

Beliefs should pay rent, not fly in the ether, unattached to what they are supposed to be about.

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 10 June 2010 04:03:43AM * 0 points [-]

Beliefs should pay rent . . .

The whole Eliezer quote is that beliefs should "pay rent in future anticipations". Beliefs about which once-possible world is actual do this.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 June 2010 10:33:42AM 0 points [-]

The beliefs in question are yours, and anticipation is about agent's design or behavior.

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