wedrifid comments on Open Thread: February 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong

10 Post author: CronoDAS 16 February 2010 08:29AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 17 February 2010 09:05:21PM 1 point [-]

I am curious: are you very old or suffering from a fatal disease? I am 25 and healthy, so "lifetime" probably means something different to me...

That would make my winking outright cruel! No, I'm referring to the general problem of betting against the success of the person with whom you are making the bet. In CronoDAS's case the threshold for a self-sabotage outcome is somewhat reduced by his expressed suicidal inclinations.