✨ Now out in Psychological Review! ✨ We present a new account of relevance that weighs both *epistemic* and *decision-theoretic* utility: statements are relevant if they improve the accuracy of listener’s beliefs *and* their future decision-making. www.tedsumers.info/_files/ugd/2...

🧵 2/10 In 1975, Grice established relevance as one of the four foundational “maxims” guiding human communication. But his definition was infamously terse: “Be relevant.”  50 years and a half a dozen theories later, quantifying relevance remains controversial.

This paper looks super dope!! Sent to all my students 🙌