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

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Comment author: Emile 17 August 2010 12:45:05PM 0 points [-]

I don't know - I'm not sure if we want to end up with dozens and dozens of post re-explaining things like Newcomb's problem. Decision Theory was already explained here by Eliezer, then by Anna Salamon ... maybe in a year some other new poster is going to read up on decision theory and decide to post a sequence about it on Less Wrong.

On the other hand, your Decision Theory posts aren't really low-quality by LW standards. They're just covering ground that has already been covered before. I would much prefer posts that quickly gloss over the familiar stuff (linking to the wiki or old sequences as needed), and quickly get to the new stuff.

Comment author: komponisto 17 August 2010 01:05:19PM *  5 points [-]

They're just covering ground that has already been covered before. I would much prefer posts that quickly gloss over the familiar stuff (linking to the wiki or old sequences as needed), and quickly get to the new stuff.

I would like to direct this comment to the attention of all the people who wondered why I was apologetic about posting elementary material.