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Stuart_Armstrong comments on Creating a satisficer - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 09 July 2015 09:40:40AM 1 point [-]

I forgot an important part of the setup, which was that u is bounded, not too far away from the present value, which means εΔu > -Δv is unlikely for general v.

Comment author: rikisola 09 July 2015 11:44:10AM 0 points [-]

Ah yep that'll do.