wedrifid comments on Zero-sum conversion: a cute trick for decision problems - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Manfred 26 July 2012 09:36PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 27 July 2012 04:41:50AM 2 points [-]

The mathematics are simpler.

I can do all the same mathematics without creating an imaginary enemy. The only thing that is changing here is how I choose to describe the mathematics in question to myself. This evidently allows Manfred to feel comfortable doing specific mathematics that he would not be comfortable doing without describing it in terms of a contrived enemy's perspective.