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

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Comment author: Will_Sawin 08 June 2011 04:27:24PM -1 points [-]

We are making the argument more formal. Doing so is a good idea in a wide variety of situations.

Do you disagree with any of these claims?

Introducing hyperreals makes the argument more formal

Making an argument more formal is often good

Here, making the argument more formal is more likely good than bad.