MixedNuts comments on St. Petersburg Mugging Implies You Have Bounded Utility - Less Wrong
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History books.
Yeah, there's uncertainty over it, but it's not harder than regular expected utility.
Emphasis mine. I know I went to public school, but I do not recall any future-history lessons :)
They're called physics, and probability theory. And, for that matter, history - teaches you to compute the probability that Queen Whatsherface will be assassinated given that the LHC doesn't work and you had juice for breakfast.