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