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Comment author: Kingreaper 16 August 2010 02:16:08PM 0 points [-]

Causal Decision Theory works fine for baby-kissing. It's just slightly harder to apply than EDT.

In CDT you must consider the causality from like-ability to election victory.

One of strands of that causality is: Likeability->Appearance of likeability(via baby-kissing etc)->election victory

Baby kissing has a direct impact on your election chances; there is a clear causal chain.