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Comment author: solipsist 28 January 2015 09:59:07PM 2 points [-]

If the set of Universe States is finite, then yes, there will be a computable utility function for any VNM-rational preferences (the program can be just a lookup table).

Ooops, not totally correct, because the probabilities in the lotteries could be uncomputable.

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