Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Rationality Quotes February 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 February 2012 02:56:38AM *  7 points [-]

No, the weight factors into an expected utility calculation, it's separate from the probability calculation. Miller didn't say otherwise.

BTW, the opening three comments of this thread would make a great introduction to what the LW website is all about.

Comment author: thomblake 16 February 2012 03:24:02PM *  0 points [-]

No, the weight factors into an expected utility calculation, it's separate from the probability calculation. Miller didn't say otherwise.

Aha. The original claim was that one should believe them, so I thought the weights were supposed to bear upon that question.

In that case, which expected utility calculation are you referring to? Or are you claiming that believing a proposition is more than a matter of the probability calculation?