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jsteinhardt comments on Against utility functions - Less Wrong Discussion

40 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 19 June 2014 05:56AM

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Comment author: jsteinhardt 20 June 2014 06:38:52PM 2 points [-]

Why do you care so much about Dutch booking relative to the myriad other considerations one might care about?

Comment author: [deleted] 20 June 2014 07:20:00PM *  0 points [-]

Because it's a desideratum indicating that my preferences contain or don't contain an unconditional and internal contradiction, something that would screw me over eventually no matter what possible world I land in.

Comment author: lmm 20 June 2014 10:55:45PM 0 points [-]

ITYM a desideratum.