Manfred comments on Stupid Questions March 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 04 March 2015 05:05:28PM *  2 points [-]

Nope, not really. With no math, the thing is, the different "branches" take up a fraction of the world. Classically you might say "If eating cake is 2 units of utility and not eating cake is 0 units, then a 50% chance of cake is 1 unit." Quantum mechanically, you'd say "If eating cake is 2 units of utility and not eating cake is 0 units, then 50% of my current measure going to eating cake is 1 unit."

See Egan's Law.