If your decision theory says voting is useless, it may not be good decision theory
JeffLadish · x · 2026-11-05
JeffLadish quips that if your decision theory concludes voting is useless, the theory itself is probably flawed. The quoted reply references classical causal decision theory, under which "the button still did nothing" — highlighting a known tension in the framework around voting and correlated decisions.
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