cousin_it comments on A Proof of Occam's Razor - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cousin_it 14 August 2010 02:32:37PM *  1 point [-]

Yep. I can't seem to memorize the correct use of our new terminology (acausal/ambient/logical/etc), so I just use "acausal" as an informal umbrella term for all kinds of winning behavior that don't seem to be recommended by CDT from the agent's narrow point of view. Like one-boxing in Newcomb's Problem, or being ready to fight in order to release yet-undiscovered pheromones or something.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 14 August 2010 02:41:08PM 0 points [-]

"Correct" is too strong a descriptor, it's mostly just me pushing standardization of terminology, based on how it seems to have been used in the past.