I’ve read a good chunk of Eliezer’s paper on TDT, and it’s in that context that I am interpreting reflection. Forgive me if I misunderstand some of it; it’s new to me.
TDT is motivated by requiring a decision rule that is consistent under reflection. It doesn’t seem to pass judgment on preferences themselves, only on how actions ought to be chosen given preferences. Am I mistaken here?
Perhaps I should have been clearer with Voldemort’s “revealed” preferences. JKR writes him as a fairly simple character and I did take for granted that what we saw was what we got. I agree that in general actions aren’t indicative of beliefs.
EDIT: Ah, there is an exception. Eliezer is quite critical in the paper of preferring a decision rule for its own sake.
I’ve read a good chunk of Eliezer’s paper on TDT, and it’s in that context that I am interpreting reflection. Forgive me if I misunderstand some of it; it’s new to me.
TDT is motivated by requiring a decision rule that is consistent under reflection. It doesn’t seem to pass judgment on preferences themselves, only on how actions ought to be chosen given preferences. Am I mistaken here?
Perhaps I should have been clearer with Voldemort’s “revealed” preferences. JKR writes him as a fairly simple character and I did take for granted that what we saw was what we got. I agree that in general actions aren’t indicative of beliefs.
EDIT: Ah, there is an exception. Eliezer is quite critical in the paper of preferring a decision rule for its own sake.