Paul’s decision to take the high-paying job doesn’t cause the other smart people to do likewise. If there’s currently an excess of good people wanting to do pure mathematical research over funding to pay for them, then Paul’s going into finance won’t change that.
That’s a good point. I may be spending too much time on LW and thinking about decisions in an abstract setting where one expects all the simlar actors to act essentially the same way using TDT or UDT. Or that may just be a poor excuse for me not thinking.
Paul’s decision to take the high-paying job doesn’t cause the other smart people to do likewise. If there’s currently an excess of good people wanting to do pure mathematical research over funding to pay for them, then Paul’s going into finance won’t change that.
That’s a good point. I may be spending too much time on LW and thinking about decisions in an abstract setting where one expects all the simlar actors to act essentially the same way using TDT or UDT. Or that may just be a poor excuse for me not thinking.