Vladimir_Nesov2 comments on Terminal Values and Instrumental Values - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov2 18 November 2007 11:40:10AM 1 point [-]

Since there are insanely many slightly different outcomes, terminal value is also too big to be considered. So it's useless to pose a question of making a difference between terminal values and instrumental values, since you can't reason about specific terminal values anyway. All things you can reason about are instrumental values.