I don’t see what the problem is with using measures over world histories as a solution to the problem of predictability.
If certain histories have relatively very high measure, then you can use that fact to derive useful predictions about the future from a knowledge of the present.
I don’t see what the problem is with using measures over world histories as a solution to the problem of predictability.
It’s not a generally valid solution (there are solutions that don’t use measures), though it’s a great solution for most purposes. It’s just that using measures is not a necessary condition for consequentialist decision-making, and I found that thinking in terms of measures is misleading for the purposes of understanding the nature of control.
You said:
Without a measure, you become incapable of making any decisions, because the past ceases to be predictive of the future
I don’t see what the problem is with using measures over world histories as a solution to the problem of predictability.
If certain histories have relatively very high measure, then you can use that fact to derive useful predictions about the future from a knowledge of the present.
It’s not a generally valid solution (there are solutions that don’t use measures), though it’s a great solution for most purposes. It’s just that using measures is not a necessary condition for consequentialist decision-making, and I found that thinking in terms of measures is misleading for the purposes of understanding the nature of control.
You said:
Ah, I see, sufficient but not necessary.