army1987 comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 01 October 2012 03:39:11PM 2 points [-]

But trans-finite numbers aren't made larger by adding one.

Transfinite cardinals aren't, but transfinite ordinals are. And anyway transfinite cardinals can be made larger by exponentiating them.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 October 2012 04:16:26PM 0 points [-]

Good point. What do you think of Chrono's dilemma?

Comment author: [deleted] 01 October 2012 04:37:21PM 2 points [-]

"Twenty-nine point nine nine nine nine ..." until the effort of saying "nine" again becomes less than the corresponding utility difference. ;-)