Some things I can’t nail down the point of but do:
Voting. Correctly working out the point of an individual voting requires a working decision theory but even though I don’t have that I’m happy to basically pascal’s wager it. I picked this as an interesting example as I would have no qualms asking someone to help me go vote if I needed a ride or something.
I’m writing a new programming language, even though I’m not sure what the point is. On base rates the world doesn’t need this. I haven’t strictly asked for help with this before I work out what the point is, but I have definitely “Hey look at this thing I’m making”ed my friends with it enough that they could ask me why. I picked this as an example in the hopes that someone would ask for details, after which I would “Hey look at this thing I’m making” them.
Reddit: this doesn’t have a point and I would ask for help to not do this if I thought anyone could help.
Some things I can’t nail down the point of but do:
Voting. Correctly working out the point of an individual voting requires a working decision theory but even though I don’t have that I’m happy to basically pascal’s wager it. I picked this as an interesting example as I would have no qualms asking someone to help me go vote if I needed a ride or something.
I’m writing a new programming language, even though I’m not sure what the point is. On base rates the world doesn’t need this. I haven’t strictly asked for help with this before I work out what the point is, but I have definitely “Hey look at this thing I’m making”ed my friends with it enough that they could ask me why. I picked this as an example in the hopes that someone would ask for details, after which I would “Hey look at this thing I’m making” them.
Reddit: this doesn’t have a point and I would ask for help to not do this if I thought anyone could help.