Nic_Smith comments on Rationality Quotes: January 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nic_Smith 05 January 2011 01:47:28AM *  2 points [-]

Lawrence is a traveling merchant in Spice & Wolf who's received a proposition from someone to buy information on upcoming changes in the precious metal content of a type of silver coin; the cost is a relatively small fixed fee plus a cut of the profits if the information is accurate. Holo, the eponymous "wisewolf," is essentially telling Lawrence that he has a dominant strategy.