Vladimir_Nesov comments on Return of the Survey - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 12 May 2009 09:13:14PM *  2 points [-]

Strictly speaking, knowledge doesn't need to have predictive power, as your utility may depend on a piece of knowledge, in which case you don't expect to observe anything else differently, but you prefer to act differently. That knowledge fixed in a belief still pays rent, but not in expectation.