Zachary_Kurtz comments on Money pumping: the axiomatic approach - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zachary_Kurtz 06 November 2009 04:11:48PM *  0 points [-]

OK this makes a lot more sense now. So you're engaging arbitrage by taking advantage of my transitive preferences?

I could see this scenario being possible, but not if you described all the trades to me beforehand (I assume limiting information is a prerequisite for the pump to work)

Comment author: RobinZ 06 November 2009 04:22:46PM 0 points [-]

Perhaps not this specific set of trades, but money-pumps have been demonstrated experimentally. It's obviously wrong, but there's no theoretical reason why someone might not be susceptible to it.