Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Average utilitarianism must be correct? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 April 2009 11:46:43PM 2 points [-]

On average? 67 utilons.

Comment author: cousin_it 26 July 2012 07:06:59PM * 0 points [-]

If you want to maximize a value, please don't compute it unconditionally, instead compute its dependence on your actions.

Comment author: wedrifid 27 July 2012 03:03:37AM 2 points [-]

If you want to maximize a value, please don't compute it unconditionally, instead compute its dependence on your actions.

This seems like a useful request to make in a different context. It doesn't appear relevant to the grandparent.