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paulfchristiano comments on Utility vs Probability: idea synthesis - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: paulfchristiano 30 October 2015 03:03:12PM 2 points [-]

The normal way of modifying a probability distribution to make X more likely is to increase the probability of each world where X is true, e.g. by doubling it. This is equivalent to observing evidence for X. It's also equivalent to your procedure for modifying utility functions.