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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.

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