JulianMorrison comments on Why Bayes? A Wise Ruling - Less Wrong

13 Post author: Vaniver 25 February 2013 03:52PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 February 2013 10:43:05PM 6 points [-]

This is an excellent point I should've noticed myself (though it's been long and long since I encountered the parable). Who says you own a baby just by being its genetic mother?

Albeit sufficiently young babies are plausibly not sentient.

Comment author: JulianMorrison 26 February 2013 11:13:17PM -1 points [-]

Thwarted+joy beats desolation+schadenfreude as a utility win even if they were dividing a teddy bear.