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shokwave comments on The Mere Cable Channel Addition Paradox - Less Wrong Discussion

64 Post author: Ghatanathoah 26 July 2012 07:20AM

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Comment author: shokwave 27 July 2012 04:59:23AM 0 points [-]

It seems fairly clear to me that one way in which Y is better than Y+ is that Y has greater average utility.

Yeah, on reflection the post is very unclear. I agree with the quoted sentiment, but the point I should have made was that we get to Y+ by a process that reduces average utility (redistributing resources evenly), so it doesn't seem surprising or confusing that Y has greater average utility.