orthonormal comments on Rationality is Systematized Winning - Less Wrong

48 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 April 2009 02:41PM

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Comment author: William 03 April 2009 11:31:02PM 1 point [-]

The result of two-boxing is a thousand dollars. The result of one-boxing is a million dollars. By definition, a mind that always one-boxes receives a better payout than one that always two-boxes, and therefore one-boxing is more rational, by definition.

Comment author: orthonormal 04 April 2009 01:36:58AM 1 point [-]

See Arguing "By Definition". It's particularly problematic when the definition of "rational" is precisely what's in dispute.