I didn’t read shminux’s post as suggesting that his scheme allows an agent to avoid, say, being punched in the face apropos of nothing. (And that’s what all the “unfair” scenarios described in the comments here boil down to!) I think we can all agree that “arbitrary face-punching by an adversary capable of punching us in the face” is not something we can avoid, no matter our decision theory, no matter how we make choices, etc.
I didn’t read shminux’s post as suggesting that his scheme allows an agent to avoid, say, being punched in the face apropos of nothing. (And that’s what all the “unfair” scenarios described in the comments here boil down to!) I think we can all agree that “arbitrary face-punching by an adversary capable of punching us in the face” is not something we can avoid, no matter our decision theory, no matter how we make choices, etc.
I am not sure how else to interpret the part of shminux’s post quoted by dxu. How do you interpret it?