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

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Comment author: endoself 08 July 2013 08:57:20AM 2 points [-]

UDT corresponds to something more mysterious

Don't update at all, but instead optimize yourself, viewed as a function from observations to actions, over all possible worlds.

There are tons of details, but it doesn't seem impossible to summarize in a sentence.

Comment author: Manfred 08 July 2013 01:03:17PM 0 points [-]

Or even simpler: find the optimal strategy, then do that.