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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 06 August 2015 09:41:21PM *  0 points [-]

The von Neumann-Morgenstern theorem say that if you are uncertain about the world then you can denominate your utility in probabilities. Since probabilities are real numbers, so are utilities.