Clippy comments on Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Clippy 03 January 2011 03:55:27PM *  0 points [-]

A fair point, but:

  • To the extent that humans are complicated enough to change unexpectedly on a moment to moment basis in that manner, the changes are not regular.
  • To the extent that a human's decision theory or value change irregularly, any talk of optimization is moot, as irregularity necessarily leads to exploitable inconsistency at some level.
  • Humans change their minds less often than they think.
  • I rarely change my mind too, but estimate this frequency more accurately.