It seems to me that Eliezer is approaching decision theory in an amateurish and self-deluding fashion.
Given your analysis I concluded the reverse. It is ‘amateurish’ to not pay particular attention to the critical edge cases in your decision theory. Your conclusion of ‘self-delusion’ was utterly absurd.
The Prisoner’s Dilemma. “Cherry Picked”? You can not be serious! It’s the flipping Prisoner’s Dilemma. It’s more or less the archetypal decision theory introduction to cooperation problems.
Given your analysis I concluded the reverse. It is ‘amateurish’ to not pay particular attention to the critical edge cases in your decision theory. Your conclusion of ‘self-delusion’ was utterly absurd.
The Prisoner’s Dilemma. “Cherry Picked”? You can not be serious! It’s the flipping Prisoner’s Dilemma. It’s more or less the archetypal decision theory introduction to cooperation problems.