PhilGoetz comments on Test Your Rationality - Less Wrong

39 Post author: RobinHanson 01 March 2009 01:21PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 01 March 2009 09:31:11PM 3 points [-]

Suppose we did the experiments and found other policies more winning than rationality. Would you adopt the most winning policy?

If not, then admit that you value rationality, and stop demanding that it win.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 01 March 2009 09:52:54PM 2 points [-]

I do have components of my utility function for certain rituals of cognition (as described in the segment on Fun Theory) but net wins beyond that point would compel me.

Comment author: arundelo 02 March 2009 03:35:28AM 2 points [-]

Suppose we did the experiments

That would be a rational thing to do!