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In Partial, Pugnacious Defense of Functional Decision Theory

LessWrong · Jul 1, 2026, 5:49 PM

I wrote a (partial) defense of FDT responding to Bentham's Bulldug. What it lacks in philosophical rigor or clear thinking it makes up for cheap jokes and potty-mouthed bellicosity. It also contains the first decision-theoretical arguement that the correct action in Newcomb's Problem is to turn into

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