PhilGoetz comments on My main problem with utilitarianism - Less Wrong

-2 Post author: taw 17 April 2009 08:26PM

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Comment author: steven0461 17 April 2009 08:51:39PM 0 points [-]

What do you / did he mean by delta function? Dirac delta and Kronecker delta don't seem to fit.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 17 April 2009 11:08:51PM 0 points [-]

You can think of happiness as the derivative of utility. (Caution: That is making more than just a mathematical claim.)