Slider comments on The Number Choosing Game: Against the existence of perfect theoretical rationality - Less Wrong

-1 Post author: casebash 29 January 2016 01:04AM

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Comment author: Slider 06 January 2016 08:14:22PM 2 points [-]

Define a "sucker" option to be a an option with a lower utility value than a some other possible choice.

A dominant decision is never a sucker option but a perfect agent migth end up choosing a sucker option. In the number naming game every option is a sucker option.

Thus "winning" is different from "not losing".

Comment author: casebash 07 January 2016 01:34:31AM *  -2 points [-]

I would argue that a perfect agent can never choose a "sucker" option (edit:) and still be a perfect agent. It follows straight from my definition. Of course, if you use a different definition, you'll obtain a different result.

Comment author: Slider 07 January 2016 10:04:11AM 0 points [-]

Thus why the dominant agent can't play the number naming game as it can't choose any of the options.