Eugine_Nier comments on Rationality Quotes January 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 21 January 2013 12:35:31AM *  1 point [-]

"People should aim to be VNM-rational."

What definition of "should" are you using here? Do you mean that people deontologically should aim to be VNM-rational? Or do you mean that people should be VNM-rational in order to maximize some (which?) utility function?