atucker comments on What a reduction of "could" could look like - Less Wrong

53 Post author: cousin_it 12 August 2010 05:41PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (103)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: atucker 14 August 2010 05:02:41PM 1 point [-]

It seems like there are two kinds of "could" at work here, one that applies to yourself and is based on consistent action to utility relationships, and another that involves uncertainty as to what actions cause what utilities (based on counterfactuals about the universe).

Comment author: cousin_it 14 August 2010 05:26:04PM 0 points [-]

Thanks, good point about uncertainty. I'm making a mental note to see how it relates to counterfactuals.