Doug_S. comments on My Naturalistic Awakening - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 September 2008 06:58AM

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Comment author: Doug_S. 25 September 2008 07:05:38PM 1 point [-]

Nontransitive preferences don't translate to a utility function, and it would seem that a mind can have nontransitive preferences. Therefore, not all minds are utility maximizers.

(Does that make sense?)