endoself comments on Personal Benefits from Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: endoself 13 May 2011 01:22:22AM 1 point [-]

if I valued the good produced by giving $1 to the charity at $0.95

Why would you? Charities differ in effectiveness by far more than 5%..

Comment author: Benquo 13 May 2011 12:10:03PM 0 points [-]

I meant to imply by "a charity I considered worthwhile" that you're near the utility break-even point already. Obviously if you think the charity only does a tiny amount of good, then you need a bigger expected win to make the raffle it worth playing.