From c8c29e202314243f682f4e8b0cb9209b30332c8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: osmarks Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:39:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Edit=20=E2=80=98decision=5Ftheory=E2=80=99?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- decision_theory.myco | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/decision_theory.myco b/decision_theory.myco index 12a068f..764d00c 100644 --- a/decision_theory.myco +++ b/decision_theory.myco @@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ Informally, CDT says that you should take whatever action //causes// the highest Neither theory provides a satisfying answer to all problems. -== Toxoplasmosis Dilemma +=== Toxoplasmosis Dilemma Imagine that you have the opportunity to pet a cat. In this hypothetical world cats, in general, might carry [[toxoplasmosis]], which causes you to be more likely to pet cats, as well as having many other negative effects you disvalue greatly. The cat you may pet has been tested for toxoplasmosis, and you are very confident it is not infected and could not infect you. However, people with toxoplasmosis are twice as likely to pet a cat given the opportunity than people without it. An EDT agent reasons that petting the cat would be reasonably strong evidence that they have toxoplasmosis, which is undesirable, so they would not pet the cat. However, a CDT agent reasons that at the time of their decision their infection status is fixed, so counterfactually deciding to pet it or not pet it cannot affect whether they have toxoplasmosis. The latter is, in this instance, more intuitively satisfying. -== \ No newline at end of file +=== XOR Blackmail + +<= decision_theory/xor_blackmail \ No newline at end of file