MixedNuts comments on St. Petersburg Mugging Implies You Have Bounded Utility - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MixedNuts 08 June 2011 06:34:06AM 1 point [-]

History books.

Yeah, there's uncertainty over it, but it's not harder than regular expected utility.

Comment author: handoflixue 08 June 2011 06:39:33AM 0 points [-]

the entire history of the universe as an argument (past and future).

Emphasis mine. I know I went to public school, but I do not recall any future-history lessons :)

Comment author: MixedNuts 08 June 2011 06:42:20AM 1 point [-]

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.