top | item 4678871 (no title) ktizo | 13 years ago Perhaps there is a bit more to life than a 'utility function'. discuss order hn newest YuriNiyazov|13 years ago No there isn't. That's the beauty of a 'utility function' - it _is_ the "what there is to life". ktizo|13 years ago Only from a very narrow set of perspectives. There are many perspectives on life and for many of them a 'utility function' would seem nonsensical at best. Economics is not as all-encompassing a discipline as some people would like to make out. load replies (1)
YuriNiyazov|13 years ago No there isn't. That's the beauty of a 'utility function' - it _is_ the "what there is to life". ktizo|13 years ago Only from a very narrow set of perspectives. There are many perspectives on life and for many of them a 'utility function' would seem nonsensical at best. Economics is not as all-encompassing a discipline as some people would like to make out. load replies (1)
ktizo|13 years ago Only from a very narrow set of perspectives. There are many perspectives on life and for many of them a 'utility function' would seem nonsensical at best. Economics is not as all-encompassing a discipline as some people would like to make out. load replies (1)
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