https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1111.2563/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13409142urn:hackerpapers:mention:1111.2563:13409142Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:08:23 GMT<p>I have read lots of critiques about the Born rule derivations but I&#x27;ve missed this one. Thanks for the pointer. He is only attacking one attempt, the decision-theoretic one. I have trouble finding his point in this paper because it&#x27;s so rambling but he seems to be saying: &gt; It seems prima facie surprising to claim that mathematical analysis could show that Born-weight mean utilitarianism, or any other strategy, is the unique rational way of optimizing the welfare of one’s own, and other people’s, many future selves in a multiverse. Okay, sure - but it&#x27;s also just as ridiculous to say that you…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1111.2563/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>quant-ph