gwern comments on Undiscriminating Skepticism - Less Wrong

97 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 March 2010 11:23PM

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Comment author: dclayh 15 March 2010 02:49:19AM 3 points [-]

First, it's only 30,000 for neuro.

I was just quoting P&T's number. That show aired in 2004 so I assumed the price would be lower today (not to mention the neuro discount).

Second, your utility in hookers is sublinear.

Of course, that's why it's a lower bound :)

Comment author: gwern 02 December 2011 01:45:32AM 1 point [-]

That show aired in 2004 so I assumed the price would be lower today

Why would you think that?