Vladimir_Nesov comments on Where do selfish values come from? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 20 November 2011 12:39:23AM 1 point [-]

That agent "recomputes decisions" is in any case not a valid argument for it being unable to precommit. Precommitment through inability to render certain actions is a workaround, not a necessity: a better decision theory won't be performing those actions of its own accord.