cousin_it comments on Saturating utilities as a model - Less Wrong

0 Post author: Dmytry 19 March 2012 09:17PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 19 March 2012 10:38:34PM 3 points [-]

This seems similar to lexicographic preferences. Also search for hyperreal or surreal utility functions on LW, there have been several discussions.

Comment author: Dmytry 19 March 2012 10:45:11PM *  0 points [-]

Yep, that was the inspiration - a 'soft' lexicographic preference. We very often use lexicographic preferences in software because they have neat property - you can always insert a value between other two. It is also easy to discard model of lexicographic preferences due to unnatural 'strictness' of the preference.