As far as I’m aware, what you’re saying is basically the same thing as what causal decision theory says. I hate to pass the buck, but So8res has written a very good post on this already; anything I could say here has already been said by him, and better. If you’ve read it already, then I apologize; if not, I’d say give it a skim and see what you think of it.
As far as I’m aware, what you’re saying is basically the same thing as what causal decision theory says.
So8res’ post points out that
CDT is the academic standard decision theory. Economics, statistics, and philosophy all assume (or, indeed, define) that rational reasoners use causal decision theory to choose between available actions.
As far as I’m aware, what you’re saying is basically the same thing as what causal decision theory says. I hate to pass the buck, but So8res has written a very good post on this already; anything I could say here has already been said by him, and better. If you’ve read it already, then I apologize; if not, I’d say give it a skim and see what you think of it.
So8res’ post points out that
It seems I’m in good company :-)