Luke_A_Somers comments on Exponent of Desire - Less Wrong

8 Post author: shminux 26 February 2013 06:01PM

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 27 February 2013 03:41:23PM *  1 point [-]

I think it fits better if cos = you have it and don't care that you have it, etc. I don't mean it fits what you were saying originally, but in terms of conceptual schema, I think the integral of w(s) is cleaner.

Comment author: shminux 27 February 2013 06:01:19PM 0 points [-]

Sorry, you are right, I got confused.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 27 February 2013 06:09:01PM 0 points [-]

In the OP, 0th order was your wanting the thing, right? So you were right that I gave him cos...

Comment author: shminux 27 February 2013 07:58:06PM 0 points [-]

No, "you want it" corresponds to w, "don't want to want to want it," is -w^3/3!, etc.