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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Is causal decision theory plus self-modification enough? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 March 2012 06:30:06PM *  0 points [-]

Refusing to taboo may be a good idea if you don't know how, and using the opaque concept gives you better results (in the intended sense) than application of the best available theory of how it works. (This is different from declaring understanding of a concept undesirable or impossible in principle.)

Comment author: Giles 10 March 2012 09:24:56PM 0 points [-]

Yes, that makes sense. Do you think this applies here?