Kawoomba comments on The $125,000 Summer Singularity Challenge - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kawoomba 26 April 2013 01:38:48PM 0 points [-]

It's not a bias if you value an additional dollar less once all your needs are met.

It's not a bias if you value a random human life less if there are billions of others, compared to if there are only a few others.

You may choose for yourself to value a $10 bill the same whether you're dirt poor, or a millionaire. Same with human lives. But you don't get to "that's a bias" others who have a more nuanced and context-sensitive estimation.