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Comment author: komponisto 04 April 2011 11:29:15PM 1 point [-]

Utility is monotonic, even though complexity isn't. (Thus X downgrades out of the 3^^^^3 wouldn't be as bad as, say, 3^^^3 downgrades.) However, utility is bounded by complexity: the complexity of a scenario with utility N must be at least N. (Asymptotically, of course.)