LucasSloan comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 02 February 2010 12:29:59AM 5 points [-]

I seriously can't decide if catpennies have diminishing marginal utility or not!

Comment author: LucasSloan 02 February 2010 12:32:45AM 6 points [-]

We should test this! Anyone got a cat? I've got 9 pennies I don't want.

Comment author: Nanani 02 February 2010 02:12:09AM * 8 points [-]

Don't forget to consider the negative utility of an angry cat attacking the catpenny player, which will surely happen after x catpennies.

Anyone going to go looking for x? It would of course have to be statistical distribution, varying with cat age, breed, and so on.

Comment author: Larks 02 February 2010 02:38:52AM 3 points [-]

Also, how hard you've managed to hit it with the pennies. I think you have to try to maximise the damage:irateness ration.

Comment author: Mycroft65536 02 February 2010 03:38:24AM 12 points [-]

Doesn't catpenny cost less than a penny (in terms of dollars spent)? You can recover most, if not all, of the pennies.

Comment author: ellx 02 February 2010 05:24:29AM 1 point [-]

also, don't forget to consider that the cat is conscious and might not like getting hit by pennies :)