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Manfred comments on A Thought on Pascal's Mugging - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Manfred 11 December 2010 11:20:12PM 0 points [-]

Ah, you're right.

But I think that a decision theory is better (better fulfills desiterata of universality, simplicity, etc. etc.) if it treats Pascal's mugging with the same method it uses for other threats.

Comment author: komponisto 11 December 2010 11:33:24PM 0 points [-]

Why? Is "threat" a particularly "natural" category?

From my perspective, Pascal's mugging is simply an argument showing that a human-friendly utility function should have a certain property, not a special class of problem to be solved.

Comment author: Manfred 11 December 2010 11:46:11PM 1 point [-]

Hah. Well, we can apply my exact same argument with different words to show why I agree with you:

But I think that a decision theory is better (better fulfills desiterata of universality, simplicity, etc. etc.) if it treats threats with the same method it uses for other decision problems.

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