pengvado comments on Secrets of the eliminati - Less Wrong

93 Post author: Yvain 20 July 2011 10:15AM

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Comment author: pengvado 23 August 2011 11:26:46PM *  1 point [-]

If you can't add, how can you average?

Using an interval scale? I don't have anything to contribute to the question of interpersonal utility comparison, but the average of two values from the same agent's utility function is easy enough, while addition is still undefined.

Comment author: Vaniver 24 August 2011 12:39:19AM 0 points [-]

I presume the average in question is interpersonal, not intertemporal, as we are discussing status conflicts (between individuals).