What are the actions that you would take if you thought that true freedom is likely that you wouldn’t take anyway? And just saying “true freedom would be nice, but it is unlikely”—i.e. valuing it, but not infinitely—is an option too.
What’s the point of worrying about decisions if everything is determined?
It’s like by having a vote that counts as opposed to a fake democracy.
Rationalists tend to think about these things in terms of toy problems, where they get so many utilons for making a correct decision, by the toy problem’s definition of correct. But there is no objective utilon. People value things subjectively , and a lot of people subjectively value actually making a difference.
What are the actions that you would take if you thought that true freedom is likely that you wouldn’t take anyway? And just saying “true freedom would be nice, but it is unlikely”—i.e. valuing it, but not infinitely—is an option too.
What’s the point of worrying about decisions if everything is determined?
It’s like by having a vote that counts as opposed to a fake democracy.
Rationalists tend to think about these things in terms of toy problems, where they get so many utilons for making a correct decision, by the toy problem’s definition of correct. But there is no objective utilon. People value things subjectively , and a lot of people subjectively value actually making a difference.