Kevin comments on Applied Optimal Philanthropy: How to Donate $100 to SIAI for Free - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kevin 09 January 2011 12:06:02PM 1 point [-]

There is totally such thing as a free lunch and this post is evidence of such. The incentive is being paid for with the free money ING generates in their magic vaults of fractional reserve banking.

What opportunity cost?

Comment author: gwern 09 January 2011 03:42:03PM 0 points [-]

You're confusing me; are you being sarcastic in the first paragraph and your question supposed to imply a knock-down argument against the preceding?

Comment author: Kevin 09 January 2011 10:17:42PM 0 points [-]

I was being serious but with a mocking tone in the first paragraph.

The question was sincere, I wasn't sure what opportunity cost nick was referring to and especially confused by his use of the word "need". His response cleared that up by making it clear that he was knocking the financial system as a whole, which I agree is insane, yet it somehow continues to work in one of the very real examples of magic in everyday life.

Comment author: nick012000 09 January 2011 02:07:47PM 0 points [-]

That of all the money devalued by the inflation caused by printing money.