See Eliezer’s post against discounting—I’ve been trying to address the problem that’s left even after you factor out uncertainty.
Note that instrumental discounting is not just down to uncertainly—there’s also mortality, future-impotence, resource limitations, the divide-and-conquer strategy—and so on. You should probably be trying to factor all of those things out.
See Eliezer’s post against discounting—I’ve been trying to address the problem that’s left even after you factor out uncertainty.
Note that instrumental discounting is not just down to uncertainly—there’s also mortality, future-impotence, resource limitations, the divide-and-conquer strategy—and so on. You should probably be trying to factor all of those things out.