Normal_Anomaly comments on Rationalists don't care about the future - Less Wrong

3 Post author: PhilGoetz 15 May 2011 07:48AM

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Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 15 May 2011 04:20:42PM 0 points [-]

Roko once argued to me that if we are to discount the future, we should use our true discounting function: a hyperbolic function. Because even if that's inherently irrational, it's still what we want. This would also not display the behaviour you discuss here.

According to Against Discount rates, it does make you vulnerable to a Dutch Book.

Comment author: ciphergoth 15 May 2011 05:39:33PM 4 points [-]

Damn, can't find the cartoon now that says "Pffft, I'll let Future Me deal with it. That guy's a dick!"

Comment author: Vaniver 17 May 2011 12:34:11PM 1 point [-]

I think you are referring to this comic which was referred to in this comment which I found by googling your quote without quotes.

Comment author: ciphergoth 17 May 2011 02:38:22PM 0 points [-]

Thanks - though the lmgtfy link was unnecessarily rude, I did try various Google combinations without success.

Comment author: magfrump 17 May 2011 04:44:15AM *  1 point [-]

Perhaps this?