Manfred comments on Satisficers want to become maximisers - Less Wrong

21 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 21 October 2011 04:27PM

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Comment author: Manfred 21 October 2011 11:04:22PM *  4 points [-]

So that's actually the "bounded utility" definition, which Stuart says he isn't using. It does seem more intuitive though... I think you can get a paradox out of Stuart's definition, actually, which should not be surprising, since it isn't a utility-maximizer.