timtyler comments on Philosophy: A Diseased Discipline - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 07 April 2011 06:00:57PM 0 points [-]

I think it would be important to ask how humans assign utility, if there exist some sort of intrinsic property that makes agents assign more utility to some experiences and outcomes versus others.

As I understand it, the equation looks something like: warmth + orgasms x 100 - thirst x 5 - hunger x 2 - pain x 10.