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RichardKennaway comments on Group rationality diary, 7/23/12 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 01 August 2012 12:01:20PM 0 points [-]

It would only be a mistake if you believed that it was actually the implementation of TDT (rather than CDT) or your knowledge of Quantum Mechanics that was making the difference, rather than a psychological manipulation trick.

What distinctions are you drawing between "implementing TDT", "psychological manipulation", and "a psychological manipulation trick"?

Comment author: wedrifid 01 August 2012 12:30:21PM *  0 points [-]

What distinctions are you drawing between "implementing TDT", "psychological manipulation", and "a psychological manipulation trick"?

"There is something special about Timeless Decision Theory that would lead it to give a different answer to CDT (or EDT for that matter) to the question 'In this specific situation what decision will give the best expected utility?'"

This is distinct to "If I think about TDT (or 'The Secret') I can actually get myself to do more of the stuff that would like to do."

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