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timtyler comments on Scott Sumner on Utility vs Happiness [Link] - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: Nic_Smith 12 January 2011 08:14PM

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Comment author: timtyler 13 January 2011 10:07:18AM *  0 points [-]

Hmm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revealed_preference would conclude that they had some kind of preference for consuming crack - but yes, defining utility in subjective terms is pretty vague - and it allows all kinds of positions to be argued.