wedrifid comments on Newcomb's Problem: A problem for Causal Decision Theories - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 16 August 2010 12:40:42PM *  0 points [-]

Remember that decision theoryTheory tells us to calculate the expected utility

Typo here.

I would also like to see subheadings for "causal says" and "evidential says", probably changing "Decision theory and Newcomb’s problem" just to make it neat. That would make the flow of the text readable at a glance.

Since you are making posts that would be intended to be linked to it is worth spending extra time getting the details right.

Comment author: [deleted] 16 August 2010 12:44:29PM 1 point [-]

I'm wearing out the d-o-n and e keys on my keyboard. Thanks for the comments. Doing another proofread now in light of the number of errors so hopefully that counts as "spending extra time".

Comment author: wedrifid 16 August 2010 12:53:59PM 0 points [-]

I appreciate your work. I love having posts to link to - saves a lot of time in the long run.

Comment author: [deleted] 16 August 2010 01:30:13PM 0 points [-]

Thanks.

And I will keep it in mind with future posts that if I'm writing something to be linked to, it's worth making the outline clear and making as few mistakes as possible.