randallsquared comments on Misleading the witness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Golovin 10 August 2009 05:54:00AM 21 points [-]

I can't think of a good explanation for anyone picking the $500

Say, you're starving and if you don't get a meal today, you'll die. In such situations, the choice between 15% chance of $1 million and a sure $500 boils down to a choice between 15% chance to survive today and a 100% chance to survive today (assuming that the meal costs less than $500.)

Perhaps the people who chose $500 operate in this 'starvation mode' by default.

Comment author: randallsquared 11 August 2009 03:07:56AM 3 points [-]

The general term for "people who operate in starvation mode" is "the poor".