It’s great to see you trying to improve your decision making process, and being prepared to put your work in front of the public!
Here’s a few thoughts on how to improve what you wrote:
Firstly, a terminology note. A theorem usually refers to a statement about the world that is either true or false, like “1+1=2” or “humans have 4 legs”. What you have is not a theorem but a technique to improve decision making.
Secondly, you present a framework with some seemingly arbitrary calculations. Why is it (a*b+c)/(d+e), and not (a+b*c/d*e), or most simply of all a+b+c-d-e? To make your post convincing, try to explain what you’re aiming to achieve, and why you made the decisions you did.
Thirdly, you give an example where it sounds like buying a Porsche 911 is a great idea, but for most people it really isn’t—they’re expensive and not all that practical. Is that a failure in the framework, or are you making some implicit assumptions about the status of the person whose making the decision? Maybe give some examples where intuitively someone might make the wrong decision, but this framework stops them, or the framework is useful for comparing two different options.
Hi, and welcome to Less Wrong!
It’s great to see you trying to improve your decision making process, and being prepared to put your work in front of the public!
Here’s a few thoughts on how to improve what you wrote:
Firstly, a terminology note. A theorem usually refers to a statement about the world that is either true or false, like “1+1=2” or “humans have 4 legs”. What you have is not a theorem but a technique to improve decision making.
Secondly, you present a framework with some seemingly arbitrary calculations. Why is it
(a*b+c)/(d+e), and not(a+b*c/d*e), or most simply of alla+b+c-d-e? To make your post convincing, try to explain what you’re aiming to achieve, and why you made the decisions you did.Thirdly, you give an example where it sounds like buying a Porsche 911 is a great idea, but for most people it really isn’t—they’re expensive and not all that practical. Is that a failure in the framework, or are you making some implicit assumptions about the status of the person whose making the decision? Maybe give some examples where intuitively someone might make the wrong decision, but this framework stops them, or the framework is useful for comparing two different options.