Vladimir_Nesov comments on Rationality Quotes May 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 16 May 2013 09:20:13PM *  1 point [-]

This becomes problematic when you try to distinguish an instrumental decision from its terminal valuation, for example "I don't want to be commuting to work, but I choose to do so in order to get there." (negative all-else-equal valuation, positive instrumental valuation).

Comment author: Lumifer 16 May 2013 09:28:34PM 0 points [-]

Again: in this context. Sometimes you need to decompose instrumentality from its terminal goal, sometimes you don't need to.