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I don't think this follows. Consider the case where there's two choices:
1) 10% chance of no paperclips, 90% chance of 3^^^3 paperclips 2) 100% chance of 20 paperclips
The maximizer will likely pick 1, while the satisficer will definitely prefer 2.
Right, the satisficer will not have an incentive to increase its expected utility by becoming a maximizer when its expected utility (by remaining a satisficer) is already over the threshold. But surely this condition would fail frequently.
If it isn't over the threshold, it could just keep making the same decisions a maximizer would.