I personally enjoy optimizing things, for example writing the fastest and/or most elegant code, or finding the best deal on a purchase.
I’m similar to a utility maximizer in many respects (e.g., has beliefs based on deduction and induction, considers consequences of actions, etc.) except that I don’t seem to have a utility function.
If you know you have no utility function, why do you feel you’re an optimizer?
I guess I used the word “optimizer” because
I personally enjoy optimizing things, for example writing the fastest and/or most elegant code, or finding the best deal on a purchase.
I’m similar to a utility maximizer in many respects (e.g., has beliefs based on deduction and induction, considers consequences of actions, etc.) except that I don’t seem to have a utility function.