Tangent: How did we end up calling them ‘utilons’? Every use of the term in a google search looks Less Wrong related. Utils has been the term since Bentham. I realize it doesn’t matter but non-standard terminology is a good way to get mistaken as cranks.
Well, I tried to precisely define toy model I use. As for utilons, I took the word that is common here, without much thinking about it. It doesn’t seem to blur the meaning of post significantly.
Tangent: How did we end up calling them ‘utilons’? Every use of the term in a google search looks Less Wrong related. Utils has been the term since Bentham. I realize it doesn’t matter but non-standard terminology is a good way to get mistaken as cranks.
Well, I tried to precisely define toy model I use. As for utilons, I took the word that is common here, without much thinking about it. It doesn’t seem to blur the meaning of post significantly.
Yeah, I don’t have a problem with you using what is common around here. I just would like to change what is common around here.