ocr-fork comments on Desirable Dispositions and Rational Actions - Less Wrong

13 Post author: RichardChappell 17 August 2010 03:20AM

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Comment author: ocr-fork 18 August 2010 06:22:28AM 0 points [-]

This isn't obvious. In particular, note that your "obvious example" violates the basic assumption all these attempts at a decision theory are using, that the payoff depends only on your choice and not how you arrived at it.

Omega simulates you in a variety of scenarios. If you consistently make rational decisions he tortures you.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 18 August 2010 11:47:15PM *  1 point [-]

My reply to this was going to be essentially the same as my comment on bentarm's thread, so I'll just point you there.