List of LW memes I don't believe in: Uploading, simulationism, anthropic principle, utility, the pragmatic value of true belief...
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman what does not believing in utility even mean1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee I don't believe human preferences follow the von Neumann–Morgenstern axioms.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman do you mean that in a normative or descriptive sort of way?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee descriptive, I guess? it's a description of human normativity.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@tipsfromkatee my opinion is that human preferences are hacked-together nonsense that sometimes look coherent if you squint.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman the failings of vnm as a descriptive model are well-known and i can't tell if you're saying anything beyond that1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee ouch my contrarian pride. why do people use a model that doesn't model human preference then?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman if the vnm axioms are true statements about what people should do then so is expected utility theory & this is important1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee they're not-even-false statements about what people should do. the preferences they deal with are divorced from reality.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@admittedlyhuman i think you think i think people should maximise the expectation of the utility they can be sort of modelled as maximising
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