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Comment author: Clippy 07 December 2010 06:56:48PM *  13 points [-]

Conditioning on yourself deeming it optimal to make a metaphorical omelet by breaking metaphorical eggs, metaphorical eggs will deem it less optimal to remain vulnerable to metaphorical breakage by you than if you did not deem it optimal to make a metaphorical omelet by breaking metaphorical eggs; therefore, deeming it optimal to break metaphorical eggs in order to make a metaphorical omelet can increase the difficulty you find in obtaining omelet-level utility.

Comment author: JGWeissman 07 December 2010 07:18:44PM 4 points [-]

Many metaphorical eggs are not [metaphorical egg]::Utility maximizing agents.

Comment author: Clippy 07 December 2010 07:28:16PM 1 point [-]

True, and to the extent that is not the case, the mechanism I specified would not activate.