buybuydandavis comments on The utility of information should almost never be negative - Less Wrong

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 30 January 2012 10:25:12AM -2 points [-]

Learning of things doesn't decrease or increase your utility function.

It depends on what is meant by "your utility function". That's true if you mean a mathematical idealization of a calculation performed in your nervous system that ignores your knowledge state, but false if you mean the actual result calculated by your nervous system.