I’ve already read your (excellent) paper “Anthropic Decision Theory”. Is the FHI technical report basically a summary of this, or does it contain additional results? (Just want to know before taking the time to read the report.)
This tech report is more a motivation as to why anthropic decision theory might be needed—it shows that you can reach the same decision in different ways, and that SIA or SSA aren’t enough to fix your decision. It’s philosophically useful, but doesn’t give any prescriptive results.
SIA and SSA are defined in http://lesswrong.com/lw/892/anthropic_decision_theory_ii_selfindication/
(post http://lesswrong.com/lw/891/anthropic_decision_theory_i_sleeping_beauty_and/ sets up the Sleeping Beauty problem).
I’ve already read your (excellent) paper “Anthropic Decision Theory”. Is the FHI technical report basically a summary of this, or does it contain additional results? (Just want to know before taking the time to read the report.)
Thanks :-)
This tech report is more a motivation as to why anthropic decision theory might be needed—it shows that you can reach the same decision in different ways, and that SIA or SSA aren’t enough to fix your decision. It’s philosophically useful, but doesn’t give any prescriptive results.