"...perhaps we should hate the universe."http://fakenous.net/?p=261
The real point is that ordinal utility (apple is better/worse than slamming my fingers in a car door) is a much weaker structure and requires much less information than cardinal utility (4 apples + slamming my fingers in a car door ?=? your stubbed toe)...
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...which means ordinal is easier to use without making mistakes. Cardinal is more powerful and makes it easier to prove things, which is *bad*, because it lets you prove things that aren't true.
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.