Will_Sawin comments on Evidential Decision Theory, Selection Bias, and Reference Classes - Less Wrong

19 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 08 July 2013 05:16AM

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Comment author: Will_Sawin 08 July 2013 05:34:20AM 2 points [-]

How useful is it to clarify EDT until it becomes some decision theory with a different, previously determined name?

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 08 July 2013 06:24:00AM 3 points [-]

It would be useful for my mental organization of how decision theory works. I don't know if it would be useful to anyone else though.

Comment author: RobbBB 09 July 2013 12:12:02AM *  2 points [-]

I don't much care what we call the thing, but exploring the logical relations between conventional EDT and other anti-CDT options could be extremely useful for persuading EDTists to adopt TDT, UDT, or some other novel theory. Framing matters even for academics.