steven0461 comments on Is risk aversion really irrational ? - Less Wrong

41 Post author: kilobug 31 January 2012 08:34PM

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Comment author: steven0461 31 January 2012 10:23:05PM *  5 points [-]

Thanks! (Also to cousin_it and Tordmor.)

This point applies even in some situations where there's no uncertainty about utility, right? If you're indifferent between soup and steak, you'd prefer either to a random choice of them, because then you'd know whether to get a spoon or a knife.