PaulG comments on It's the Same Five Dollars! - Less Wrong

23 Post author: Z_M_Davis 08 March 2009 07:23AM

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Comment author: PaulG 08 March 2009 09:39:55PM 2 points [-]

It seems to me like it shouldn't matter how often you buy the $15 items, technically. Even if you always bought $125 items and never bought $15 items, your heuristic still wouldn't be completely irrational. If you only buy $125 items, you'll only be able to buy 4% more stuff with your income, as compared to 33% more stuff if you always buy $15 items.