I’m talking about looking inside someone’s head and finding the right algorithms running. Rather than “what utility function fits their actions,” I think the point here is “what’s in their skull?”
The point made by the O.P. was:
Suppose it turned out that humans violate the axioms of VNM rationality (and therefore don’t act like they have utility functions)
It discussed actions—not brain states. My comments were made in that context.
The point made by the O.P. was:
It discussed actions—not brain states. My comments were made in that context.