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Oscar_Cunningham comments on An Attempt at Preference Uncertainty Using VNM - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 16 July 2013 09:41:20AM 2 points [-]

I think that the post proves that the offsets can be ignored, at the beginning of the "Offsets and Scales" section.

Comment author: Manfred 16 July 2013 09:55:46AM 0 points [-]

It can be ignored only so long as your method of averaging two utility functions is to just add them together. The instant you try to normalize them, it becomes important.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 16 July 2013 10:18:09AM 2 points [-]

Ah, I see what you're saying. Any proposed normalisation scheme should not depend on the offsets.