shokwave comments on Rationality Quotes: November 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 11 November 2010 06:26:09AM *  3 points [-]

Well, log does that. But so does square root also. Lots of functions have diminishing marginal returns.

Comment author: shokwave 11 November 2010 06:40:48AM 0 points [-]

Hmm. If we grab some study data on wealth's mathematical relationship with utility, we might be able to decide what function best approximates it. As it is, yeah, there is no reason to prefer log to square root to anything other function.