Dagon comments on Open Thread: July 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

6 Post author: Alicorn 09 July 2010 06:54AM

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Comment author: Dagon 09 July 2010 09:03:10PM 2 points [-]

Casinos have an assymetry: creation of new casinos is heavily regulated, so there's no way for people with good information to bet on their beliefs, and no mechanism for the true odds to be reached as the market price for a wager.

Comment author: orthonormal 09 July 2010 10:14:33PM 2 points [-]

Normally I wouldn't comment on a typo, but I can't read "assymetry" without chuckling.