Mere determinism leaves you somewhat worse off, because physics can mean you can’t choose a logically possible action that yields more DT. Choosing to adopt the view that DT is about understanding the world, not grabbing utility, also leaves you worse off, even if determinism isn’t true, because resources that are going into the project of understanding the world aren’t going into maximising utility. One would expect a businessman to make more money than a scientist.
In a situation where you are not even trying to make the utility-maximising choice, but only to find out which world you are in.
So like some kind of clone situation where deterministic world views would say both must make the same decision?
Mere determinism leaves you somewhat worse off, because physics can mean you can’t choose a logically possible action that yields more DT. Choosing to adopt the view that DT is about understanding the world, not grabbing utility, also leaves you worse off, even if determinism isn’t true, because resources that are going into the project of understanding the world aren’t going into maximising utility. One would expect a businessman to make more money than a scientist.