Brian_Tomasik comments on Common sense as a prior - LessWrong

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Comment author: Brian_Tomasik 12 August 2013 05:06:14PM 0 points [-]

Yep, that's right. In my top-level comment, I said, "In any event, many elites are not even systematic or consequentialist in translating utilities times probabilities into actions." Still, on big government-policy questions that affect society (rather than personal actions, relationships, etc.) elites tend to be (relatively) more interested in utilitarian calculations.