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Alex_Altair comments on Naturalism versus unbounded (or unmaximisable) utility options - Less Wrong Discussion

34 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 01 February 2013 05:45PM

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Comment author: Alex_Altair 01 February 2013 06:49:49PM 8 points [-]

This is like the supremum-chasing Alex Mennen mentioned. It's possible that normative rationality simply requires that your utility function satisfy the condition he mentioned, just as it requires the VNM axioms.

I'm honestly not sure. It's a pretty disturbing situation in general.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 01 February 2013 07:40:15PM 0 points [-]

I don't think you need that - you can still profit from God's offers, even without Alex Mennen's condition.

Comment author: Alex_Altair 01 February 2013 09:07:49PM 2 points [-]

You can profit, but that's not the goal of normative rationality. We want to maximize utility.