RolfAndreassen comments on A clever argument for buying lottery tickets - Less Wrong

1 Post author: RolfAndreassen 04 November 2011 11:19PM

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Comment author: RolfAndreassen 05 November 2011 02:02:11AM 1 point [-]

Ah, but now you are neglecting the additional value of having the million dollars now, instead of 5.5 years from now. At 4% interest this neatly cancels out the additional $220k.

Comment author: machrider 05 November 2011 02:05:44AM 0 points [-]

I don't believe so, but maybe someone smarter than me can explain this. The magic 4% of a million = 40k value indeed should factor in, but it shouldn't dominate the expected value to the degree that you're making it.