How can we make these decisions outside the highly specific situations where (by the nature of the thought experiment) results and probabilities are known?
In real life, humans oftentimes don't know what are the possible consequences of an action (e.g. supporting a political candidate and them not governing according to stated policies), or the probabilities of a consequence occurring (e.g. what is the probability my new partner is offended or entertained by my edgy joke), or even that they are making a decision (e.g. a fat person who oftentimes stress-eats... (read more)
How can we make these decisions outside the highly specific situations where (by the nature of the thought experiment) results and probabilities are known?
In real life, humans oftentimes don't know what are the possible consequences of an action (e.g. supporting a political candidate and them not governing according to stated policies), or the probabilities of a consequence occurring (e.g. what is the probability my new partner is offended or entertained by my edgy joke), or even that they are making a decision (e.g. a fat person who oftentimes stress-eats... (read more)