Decius comments on Bayesian Adjustment Does Not Defeat Existential Risk Charity - Less Wrong

43 Post author: steven0461 17 March 2013 08:50AM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 17 March 2013 07:42:54AM 6 points [-]

Roko has argued that "the utility function is not up for grabs" extends to discounting. If I discount hyperbolically, I can still be a rational agent on each day, even if I'm not the same rational agent from one day to the next.

Comment author: Decius 21 March 2013 05:27:34AM 1 point [-]

You can, however discount exponentially and remain the same agent.