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RichardKennaway comments on Open thread, 11-17 August 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 16 August 2014 08:03:04AM 1 point [-]

That is a good point, but I think one under-appreciated on LessWrong. It seems to go "rationality, therefore OMG dead babies!!" There is discussion about how to define "the world's expected utility", but it has never reached a conclusion.

Comment author: blacktrance 16 August 2014 08:54:53AM 0 points [-]

In addition to the problem of defining "the world's expected utility", there is also the separate question of whether it (whatever it is) should be maximized.