On 20 January 2014 19:43, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 10:13:22PM -0800, meekerdb wrote: > > On 1/19/2014 7:09 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > > >That's not the definition. A rational agent is someone who always > > >chooses the optimal course of action, not that there might be a reason > > >for it. > > > > Isn't "being optimal" a reason? > > Yes - a specific reason, not any old reason. > > Obviously I wasn't meaning just "any old reason" ! (I said the reason was to optimise the utility function... I realise there are caveats like not knowing how to, not having time, etc) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
