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Pragmatic FDT, and predictors as game theory

Zac Boring July 3, 2026 1 min read
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Decision theory is back in fashion (defining fashion as "one good post on a good EA blog"). Bentham's Bulldog (BB) has published a case against FDT (functional decision theory), contrasting rationalist enthusiasm with academic scepticism: "Academic decision theorists don't like the theory. The number of academic decision theorists who adopt it could be counted on one hand by someone missing four of their fingers." I am, just barely, a published academic decision theorist, so you can keep a small

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