jacobt comments on A fungibility theorem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jacobt 16 January 2013 02:24:26AM 0 points [-]

But if the choices only have the same expectation of v2, then you won't be optimizing for v1.

Ok, this correct. I hadn't understood the preconditions well enough. It seems that now the important question is whether things people intuitively think of as different values (my happiness, total happiness, average happiness) satisfy this condition.

Comment author: Nisan 18 January 2013 12:08:16AM 0 points [-]

Admittedly, I'm pretty sure they don't.