Does the concept of utility map onto anything describable in terms of actual human neuroscience? I’ve often seen people on here (and elsewhere) apply the concept to humans, and I wonder how accurate of a model or abstraction it is. Does anything in the brain behave like utility? (i.e. reducible to a real number, determines preferences and consumer behavior, etc.)
Does the concept of utility map onto anything describable in terms of actual human neuroscience? I’ve often seen people on here (and elsewhere) apply the concept to humans, and I wonder how accurate of a model or abstraction it is. Does anything in the brain behave like utility? (i.e. reducible to a real number, determines preferences and consumer behavior, etc.)
lukeprog has a post that touches on this.