ChristianKl comments on Open Thread, May 5 - 11, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 27 May 2014 12:22:29PM 0 points [-]

A good decision theory performs well in many problems and not only in one problem. Having a decision theory that solves Newcomb's Problem but that doesn't perform well for other problems isn't helpful.

There isn't yet the ultimate decision theory that solves everything so I don't see how individual problems can be declared solved.