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Metus comments on Open Thread, May 5 - 11, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Metus 06 May 2014 10:18:46AM 8 points [-]

Robin Hanson writes about rank linear utility. This formalism asserts that we value options by their rank in a list of options available at any one time, making it impossible to construct a coherent classical utility function.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 06 May 2014 03:28:29PM *  1 point [-]

Yeah, that was my first link in the comment. :-) Still good that you summarized it, though, since not everyone's going to click on the link.

Comment author: Metus 06 May 2014 06:21:13PM 0 points [-]

Oops, I frankly did not see the link. The one time I thought I could contribute ...

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 07 May 2014 09:15:48AM 1 point [-]

Well, like I said, it was probably a good thing to post and briefly summarize anyway. If you missed the link, others probably did too.