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Vaniver comments on The Number Choosing Game: Against the existence of perfect theoretical rationality - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: casebash 08 January 2016 12:14:47AM *  -2 points [-]

UPDATED: If asked whether the problem is solvable, a perfectly rational agent would reply that it isn't.

If asked what action to take, then the perfectly rational agent is stuck, and therefore finds out it isn't perfect. Those are two distinct questions. I suppose it all comes down to how you define rationality though.

Comment author: Vaniver 08 January 2016 03:37:51PM *  0 points [-]

If asked whether the problem is solvable, a perfectly rational agent would reply that it is.

Why? It's a problem without a solution. Would a perfect rational agent say the problem of finding a negative integer that's greater than 2 is solvable?

Comment author: casebash 08 January 2016 11:03:25PM 0 points [-]

Sorry, that was a typo. It was meant to say "isn't" rather than "is"

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