Lumifer comments on Open thread, Apr. 18 - Apr. 24, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 24 April 2016 05:19:08AM 1 point [-]

Which (possibly all) of the VNM axioms do you think are not appropriate as part of a formulation of rational behavior?

I don't think that rational behaviour as understood on LW (basically, instrumental rationality) has anything to do with VNM axioms. In particular, I do not think that the VNM model is an adequate model of human decision-making once you go beyong toy examples.