satt comments on Rationality Quotes November 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: satt 16 November 2012 11:10:52PM 1 point [-]

I'd realized as much, but that still left me wondering what actual average "Up to 8" signifies. After allowing for different suicide methods and such, that "Up to 8" might be 8, or it might be something like 1.1. The result of a utilitarian calculation would probably be sensitive to the real world average being ≈8 versus ≈1.