endoself comments on A summary of Savage's foundations for probability and utility. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TimFreeman 24 May 2011 05:41:27PM 0 points [-]

I don't think real numbers are the best field to use for utility because of Pascal's mugging

Are we agreed that bounded real-valued (or rational-valued) utility gets rid of Pascal's mugging?

Comment author: endoself 24 May 2011 07:17:57PM 3 points [-]

Yes. Bounded utility solves tons of problems, it just doesn't, AFAICT, describe my preferences.