JonahSinick comments on The rationality of splitting donations - Less Wrong

9 Post author: JonahSinick 10 February 2014 03:13AM

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Comment author: JonahSinick 10 February 2014 03:26:20AM 1 point [-]

Since the correlation between people's decisions is far from perfect, it's effectively randomized.

I don't follow, can you elaborate?

Comment author: peter_hurford 10 February 2014 05:43:27AM 6 points [-]

Like DanielLC, I never really understood this application of Timeless Decision Theory. It seems that, in practice, people's decisions rarely seem to correlate with mine in any sort of meaningful way such that if I chose to change my action, so would they.

Comment author: DanielLC 10 February 2014 04:24:53AM 4 points [-]

My decision will correlate with other people's, but there will still be enough variation that it's not likely to result in a charity getting more money than they know what to do with.