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Lumifer comments on Open thread, Feb. 23 - Mar. 1, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 26 February 2015 01:55:08AM 0 points [-]

They don't work that way because humans' utility is not a weighted linear sum, and humans don't make decisions on the basis of a single calculated number, anyway.