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7 Post author: talisman 12 May 2009 05:11AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 May 2009 06:50:58AM 2 points [-]

For instance, reasoning by expected utility, which you probably consider too basic to mention

Actually, I consider it too complicated for my first book! That's going to focus on getting across even more basic concepts like 'the point of reasoning about your beliefs is to function as a mapping engine that produces correlations between a map and the territory' and 'strong evidence is the sort of evidence we couldn't possibly find if the hypothesis were false'.

Comment author: talisman 12 May 2009 11:43:31AM 2 points [-]

Funny. I feel like on OB and LW utility theory is generally taken as the air we breathe.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 May 2009 04:45:57AM 0 points [-]

It is - but that's OB and LW.