Jonathan_Graehl comments on Terminal Bias - Less Wrong

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Comment author: WrongBot 31 January 2012 08:27:50AM 8 points [-]

Why is risk aversion a bias, but love is not? We know that risk aversion is strictly dominated for rational agents, but I think it likely that love is strictly dominated by some clever game-theoretic approach to mating. Why oppose wireheading, for that matter? Like eliminating risk aversion, it's a more efficient way for us to get what we want.

I am still confused.

Comment author: [deleted] 31 January 2012 05:08:34PM *  0 points [-]

I think it likely that love is strictly dominated by some clever game-theoretic approach to mating

Sure? :-)