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

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

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Comment author: orthonormal 01 February 2012 03:21:49AM 5 points [-]

he's risking his absolute nightmare, his equivalent of the worst pain possible : no more paperclips, not even a single tiny one

You ruin the thought experiment by writing as if the difference between 0 and 1 paperclips is much worse than the difference between 1 and 4, in violation of the utility function you declared.

Comment author: kilobug 01 February 2012 11:36:08AM 2 points [-]

That was a pun to add some life to the experiment and make it less "boring" or "cold", but you're right that is just false. I changed it for a much lighter wording.