torekp comments on 5 Axioms of Decision Making - Less Wrong

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Comment author: torekp 02 December 2011 01:34:23AM 2 points [-]

or you want there to be an additional value for certainty beyond the prospects involved. I can only respond that these axioms are prescriptive, not descriptive

I prescribe that people not follow all of the axioms, if they don't feel like it. Especially when the order and equivalence axioms are fleshed out with an implication of strict indifference. Some relevant discussion <pdf>.