Beliefs should pay rent, not fly in the ether, unattached to what they are supposed to be about.
Beliefs should pay rent . . .
The whole Eliezer quote is that beliefs should “pay rent in future anticipations”. Beliefs about which once-possible world is actual do this.
The beliefs in question are yours, and anticipation is about agent’s design or behavior.
The quote applies to humans, I use it as appropriately ported to more formal decision-making, where “anticipated experience” doesn’t generally make sense.
Beliefs should pay rent, not fly in the ether, unattached to what they are supposed to be about.
The whole Eliezer quote is that beliefs should “pay rent in future anticipations”. Beliefs about which once-possible world is actual do this.
The beliefs in question are yours, and anticipation is about agent’s design or behavior.
The quote applies to humans, I use it as appropriately ported to more formal decision-making, where “anticipated experience” doesn’t generally make sense.