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Comment author: wedrifid 19 February 2011 05:35:22AM *  1 point [-]

To put it another way, is your decision to chew gum determined by EDT our by your genes? Pick one.

It can be both. Causation is not exclusionary. I'm suggesting that you are mistaken about the aforementioned handling.

Comment author: ArthurB 19 February 2011 06:23:38AM 0 points [-]

No it can't. If you use a given decision theory, your actions are entirely determined by your preferences and your sensory inputs.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 19 February 2011 01:08:45PM *  1 point [-]

wedrifid might well be making the point that your genes determine your choice, via your decision theory. i.e. Your genes give you EDT, and then EDT makes you not chew gum. I'm not sure how that affects the argument though.

Comment author: ArthurB 19 February 2011 02:28:07PM 0 points [-]

The claim is generally that EDT chooses not to chew gum.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 19 February 2011 03:02:10PM 1 point [-]

Thanks, fixed.

Comment author: ArthurB 19 February 2011 03:14:25PM -1 points [-]

You're saying EDT causes you not to chew gum because cancer gives you EDT? Where does the gum appear in the equation?

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