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22 Post author: lukeprog 27 May 2012 06:41AM

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Comment author: hairyfigment 30 May 2012 06:24:40AM -1 points [-]

Seems quite reasonable. But I don't have a clear picture of your general strategy. Do you have a path (read: a likely conjunction of paths) to getting a world-class mathematician to take an interest in forming a new decision theory? Talking about the details of CEV seems premature to me if we don't know that certain kinds of extrapolation are theoretically possible.

Comment author: lukeprog 30 May 2012 03:36:44PM 1 point [-]

We have many plans, as this is something we strategize about alot. I do actually plan to write up an explanation of more of our plans within the next month.