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1. qsort+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-06-24 20:00:35
Regrets are mostly irrelevant to this discussion. A "regret" is either:

- I now have information I did not have at the time I made a choice that binds me now.

- I changed my mind.

Whether I believe it or not makes no difference because it contains no information.

As an aside: none of this is supposed to invalidate the experience of people having regrets, or struggling with addictions. If I see a friend getting drunk every night I won't go "ah, yes, they are correctly maximizing their utility according to their own discount rate and inter-temporal budget constraints". They are separate conversations, though, and we can have the kind of conversation where I help you solve problems or the kind of conversation where I just listen to you. They don't tend to mix well.

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2. dkarl+R5[view] [source] 2025-06-24 20:39:40
>>qsort+(OP)
Regrets are not irrelevant when people face the same decisions over and over and make choices that they previously regretted.
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