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

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Comment author: XiXiDu 01 April 2011 01:19:31PM 0 points [-]

If it doesn't then the only 'problem' is that your 'utility function', well, isn't your actual utility function. It's the same problem that you get when you think you like carrots when you really like peaches.

Our heuristics hijack our volition?