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Re: "It doesn't seem that there is a place for the human concept of prediction in a foundational decision theory."
You can hardly steer yourself effectively into the future if you don't have an understanding of the consequences of your actions.
Yes, it might be necessary exactly for that purpose (though consequences don't reside just in the "future"), but I don't understand this well enough to decide either way.