timtyler comments on A note on the description complexity of physical theories - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 11 November 2010 10:31:22PM 2 points [-]

There's a proposal to use surreal numbers for utilities. Such an approach was used for go by Conway.

Comment author: wnoise 15 November 2010 10:14:05AM 0 points [-]

It might be more accurate to say that surreal numbers are a subset of the numbers that were invented by Conway to describe the value of game positions.

Comment author: Perplexed 12 November 2010 01:02:20AM 0 points [-]

Interesting suggestion. I ought to look into that. Thx.