Tim_Tyler comments on Optimization - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 September 2008 04:00PM

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Comment author: Tim_Tyler 14 September 2008 07:17:49AM 0 points [-]

Those prone to envy bias can tend to think that "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence". That idea can lead to circular preferences. Such preferences should not be very common - evolution should weed them out.