lmm comments on Open thread, Oct. 20 - Oct. 26, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: rkdj 21 October 2014 09:15:19AM * 0 points [-]

What does it mean to optimize the world, assuming the Many Worlds theory is true?

Comment author: lmm 21 October 2014 11:49:51AM 3 points [-]

Increase the probability-weighted average of your utility function over Everett branches.

Comment author: philh 21 October 2014 01:43:25PM 0 points [-]

How does this differ from increasing the expected value of your utility function under a collapse hypothesis?

Comment author: gjm 21 October 2014 02:34:43PM 8 points [-]

I don't think it either does or should, at least for typical utility functions that don't explicitly care about what interpretation of QM is correct.

Comment author: Jinoc 21 October 2014 12:22:57PM 0 points [-]

How do you choose the measure over Everett branches in the absence of interactions between branches?

Comment author: gjm 21 October 2014 02:34:59PM 3 points [-]

According to the Born rule.

Comment author: DanielLC 23 October 2014 09:22:11PM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure what you mean. Can you rephrase that?