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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 05 November 2009 05:09:01PM 2 points [-]

"You couldn't really money pump me; I'd catch on after a round or two and quit talking to you."

This brings up the fact that money pumps force you to act more like an expected utility maximiser, as long as you are aware of them and want to avoid them.