Will_Newsome comments on The Irrationality Game - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 03 October 2010 05:13:46AM *  0 points [-]

The reference class problem could be avoided by saying "Signing up for cryonics does not maximize your (the reader's) expected utility." The reference class then emerges naturally.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 October 2010 05:30:31AM 0 points [-]

Yes, that would seem to solve the problem. Fixed.

Also: that also means that I should change the probability I assigned, but not significantly. I'd have to think about some of your arguments from your Abnormal Cryonics post a bit more.