Vaniver comments on Folk grammar and morality - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Emile 17 December 2010 09:20PM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 17 December 2010 09:40:55PM *  18 points [-]

To extend the metaphor: it is a well-known observation among linguists and amateur grammarians that the more you think about edge cases the worse your intuition becomes.

I wonder if there is a similar hazard from spending too much time thinking about weird hypothetical situations.

Comment author: Vaniver 18 December 2010 03:19:44AM 2 points [-]

This is my impression of UDT.

Comment author: wedrifid 18 December 2010 04:28:31AM 1 point [-]

Which implies that you treat decision theory like grammar and morality rather than a reducible abstract theory.