Eugine_Nier comments on Don't Build Fallout Shelters - Less Wrong

26 Post author: katydee 07 January 2013 02:38PM

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Comment author: DaFranker 07 January 2013 09:21:08PM 2 points [-]

I really want - emotionally - to upvote this, but I'm looking for some kind of content I haven't already read in simpler form and not finding any.

Perhaps I'm too tired to catch on to the real message? All I can see is "Maximize expected utility to the best of your knowledge and ability. No, really, do that." Then it gets refactored with reasonable-sounding categories and labels that seem useful to describe general patterns of expected utility in the more restrained domains of conceptspace that they're meant for, along with good tips of things to remember to take into account for the EU calculation.

Anyone care to enlighten me as to what I'm missing? Or perhaps I'm just missing the usefulness of the post.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 08 January 2013 09:10:29PM 0 points [-]

Anyone care to enlighten me as to what I'm missing?

A very "clever" utility calculation, where by "clever" I mean wrong.