Jonathan_Graehl comments on Bayesians vs. Barbarians - Less Wrong

51 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 April 2009 11:45PM

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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 15 April 2009 06:41:56AM 2 points [-]

Edit: lottery won by two votes -> election.

I've heard you say a handful of times now: as justified by some decision theory (which I won't talk about yet), I one-box/cooperate. I'm increasingly interested.

Comment author: Z_M_Davis 15 April 2009 07:27:41AM 2 points [-]

Eliezer has yet to disclose his decision theory, but see "Newcomb's Problem and Regret of Rationality" for the general rationale. Also Wikipedia on Hofstadter's superrationality.