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Vaniver comments on The Doubling Box - Less Wrong Discussion

13 Post author: Mestroyer 06 August 2012 05:50AM

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Comment author: Vaniver 06 August 2012 08:06:30PM 0 points [-]

It doesn't have to be true. It's desirable because decision procedures that rely on other knowledge about reality are faster/better/cheaper than ones that don't import knowledge about reality. Specialization for the situation you find yourself in is often useful, though it does limit flexibility.