SilasBarta comments on Morality as Parfitian-filtered Decision Theory? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilasBarta 31 August 2010 08:56:43PM *  1 point [-]

I think my (at the time misdirected) comment here is most responsive to your question. In short, causality has a narrow, technical definition here, which corresponds with wide (but not universal) usage. I see nothing wrong with regarding SAMELs as consequences, or saying that e.g. one-boxing causes the sealed box to be filled, but this is incorrect for standard game-theoretic usage of the terms.