Peter_de_Blanc comments on You have just been Counterfactually Mugged! - Less Wrong

4 Post author: CronoDAS 19 August 2009 10:24PM

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Comment author: Peter_de_Blanc 20 August 2009 01:00:58AM 4 points [-]

I will if Michael Vassar judges that any reputational damage from the comment has an expected value less than $14.

Don't you mean $10?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 August 2009 05:40:35AM *  -1 points [-]

2/3 of $20? Should be "less than $13", actually.

Comment author: Peter_de_Blanc 20 August 2009 11:48:05AM *  10 points [-]

Before the die roll, there's a 1/3 chance that you'll get the reward ($20), and a 2/3 chance that you'll be asked to pay the penalty. For the expected utility to be 0, (2/3)*|penalty| = (1/3)*$20. Multiply both sides by 3, and 2*|penalty| = $20, so |penalty| = $10.

Comment author: Benquo 20 August 2009 08:29:40PM 11 points [-]

How's that for minor reputational damage?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 August 2009 09:58:50PM *  24 points [-]

Crap. Never mind. You know, this happens when I'm sufficiently tired, and it's scary. I am a poopy head.

Comment author: CronoDAS 20 August 2009 10:23:24PM 3 points [-]

I am a poopy head.

I'll take that as a successful mugging. ;)