RichardKennaway comments on When is further research needed? - Less Wrong

0 Post author: RichardKennaway 17 June 2011 03:01PM

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 19 June 2011 09:19:18PM 0 points [-]

You are assuming that the observation has no error margin.

The observation is here defined by its effect on one's probability distribution over utilities of outcomes. In this sense, the possibility of observational error is already included.

Comment author: taryneast 21 June 2011 09:19:22PM 0 points [-]

Ok - then I don't understand it well enough.