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LawrenceC comments on Rationality Compendium: Principle 1 - A rational agent, given its capabilities and the situation it is in, is one that thinks and acts optimally - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: LawrenceC 24 August 2015 04:20:46PM *  1 point [-]

I agree denotationally, but object connotatively with 'rationality is systemized winning', so I left it out. I feel that it would take too long to get rid of the connotation of competition that I believe is associated with 'winning'. The other point that would need to be delved into is: what exactly does the rationalist win at? I believe by winning Elizer meant winning at newcomb's problem, but the idea of winning is normally extended into everything.

I think that Eliezer has disavowed using this statement precisely because of the connotations that people associate with it.

It is because of this that rationality is often considered to be split into two parts: normative and descriptive rationality.

What happened to prescriptive rationality?

Comment author: ScottL 25 August 2015 02:41:32AM *  1 point [-]

What happened to prescriptive rationality?

I added in a quote from Baron.

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