Vladimir_Nesov comments on Practical Advice Backed By Deep Theories - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 26 April 2009 11:44:49PM 0 points [-]

You always do the random thing relative to the options you are given. That doesn't change the problem, as far as I can see, just applies it to a different situation

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 26 April 2009 11:47:34PM 0 points [-]

Point taken; still, different from my very literal interpretation of letting a random number generator decide what you need.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 26 April 2009 11:58:39PM *  0 points [-]

You can't literally make only random actions. You can't make random muscle movements. You may use random long-term goals, which can be analogized with being a fanatic, or middle-term goals, analogy with a crazy person, or random short-term goals, analogous to being clinically mad. In any case, whatever I could mean by random action, it's necessarily already quite abstract, selected from few intelligent options.