Utility Theory Quotes

#1. The real test of 'knowledge' is not whether it is true, but whether it empowers us. Scientists usually assume that no theory is 100 per cent correct. Consequently, truth is a poor test for knowledge. The real test is utility. A theory that enables us to do new things constitutes knowledge. Over

Yuval Noah Harari

#2. That, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster ... for when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

J. Lincoln Fenn

#3. Be careful ... any time you find yourself defining the "winner" as someone other than the agent who is currently smiling from on top of a giant heap of utility.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

#4. Are there any more beautiful words in the English dictionary than 'see you tomorrow?

Jennifer Flackett

#5. I learned to knit in hospital. They give you stuff to do to keep you busy because you're so ill.

Ringo Starr

#6. [The theory of the firm] is exactly analogous to the analysis of the reactions of a consumer by means of indifferent curves. Indeed, a consumer is merely a 'firm' whose product is 'utility'.

Kenneth E. Boulding

#7. Every role you play is literally - and I've said this before - every single role that you play, the only way you can connect to that character is because that was a piece of you that was scattered around that yard, almost like we got caught up in some whirlwind.

Terrence Howard

#8. Being prepared for a job is a good idea for the short term, but it is not enough for the long term.

Robert Kiyosaki

#9. Although a large branch of game theory is devoted to the study of expected utility, we generally consider each player's payoffs as a ranking of his most preferred outcome to his least preferred outcome.

William Spaniel

#10. Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.

Howard Raiffa