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Stuart_Armstrong comments on Expected utility, unlosing agents, and Pascal's mugging - Less Wrong Discussion

19 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 28 July 2014 06:05PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 01 August 2014 02:33:50PM 0 points [-]

If you're an active investor, the markets or the universe can punish you for deviating from independence unless you're paying very close attention.

But this is again my general point - the mode decision you have to make (including decisions not to do something) the closer an unlosing agent resembles an expected utility maximiser.