tomme comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (2010-2011) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tomme 16 March 2012 07:10:55PM *  0 points [-]

Pros&Cons and projected outcomes.

Comment author: Bugmaster 16 March 2012 11:05:34PM 2 points [-]

Right, but how do you evaluate pros and cons, and project outcomes ? Obviously you wouldn't take an action that has more cons than pros, and therefore has a poor projected outcome, but that doesn't tell me much.

For example, what made you decide to begin spending time on writing posts on Less Wrong, as opposed to spending that time on reading quantum physics books, or lifting weights, or something ?

Comment author: tomme 17 March 2012 07:51:19AM 0 points [-]

I assign an util to each possible outcome.

what made you decide to begin spending time on writing posts on Less Wrong, as opposed to spending that time on reading quantum physics books, or lifting weights, or something ?

I do read quantum physics and lift weights and whatnot! :) As to why I decided to spend time here, see my original post.