As a note, it’s only ever the case that something is good “in expectation” from a particular person’s point of view or from a particular epistemic state. It’s possible for someone to disagree with me because they know different facts about the world, and so for instance think that different futures are more or less likely.
In other words, the expected value referred to by the term “expectation” is subtly an expected value conditioned on a particular set of beliefs.
As a note, it’s only ever the case that something is good “in expectation” from a particular person’s point of view or from a particular epistemic state. It’s possible for someone to disagree with me because they know different facts about the world, and so for instance think that different futures are more or less likely.
In other words, the expected value referred to by the term “expectation” is subtly an expected value conditioned on a particular set of beliefs.