thomblake comments on Schelling fences on slippery slopes - Less Wrong
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No no no. His first decision is causally linked to the whole of the slope. If you draw out the DAG of causation, there's an arrow going right from "became 95% Gandhi" to "became 90% Gandhi", and an arrow going from "became 90% Gandhi" to "became 85% Gandhi", and so on (with some intermediate nodes depending on resolution).
You are correct.
I get the impression that "acausal" is an applause light here.
Or possibly a typo.
I doubt that, given that he also said TDT instead of CDT, etc.