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AlexMennen comments on Pascal's Mugging, Finite or Unbounded Resources? - Less Wrong Discussion

-1 Post author: Irgy 15 October 2015 04:01AM

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Comment author: AlexMennen 15 October 2015 07:33:11PM 1 point [-]

Multiplying probability with utility is central to classical decision theory, and Pascal's mugging is not a problem for it. Pascal's mugging only becomes a problem when you make certain strong assumptions about the shape of the utility function.