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Esar comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 3 - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: OpenThreadGuy 07 July 2012 05:16PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 25 December 2012 03:05:27AM 0 points [-]

Hmm, I don't think I understand that at all: how can one change a mathematical fact? Aren't mathematical facts fixed? Is there something you could point me to, which explains this?

Comment author: Wei_Dai 25 December 2012 03:44:31AM *  0 points [-]

Try Towards a New Decision Theory and Controlling Constant Programs. Also, I used the word "change" in my comment since you were asking the question in terms of "change", but perhaps a better term is "control", which is what Nesov uses.