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Comment author: Decius 07 August 2012 05:43:19PM 1 point [-]

If changing my utility function has expected positive results, based both on my current utility function and in the proposed change, then...

Here the problem is that the utilon is not a unit that can be converted into any other unit, including physical phenomena.