JoachimSchipper comments on SotW: Check Consequentialism - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 March 2012 01:35AM

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Comment author: JoachimSchipper 29 March 2012 07:31:11AM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure this works well - last time "I" made a decision, "I" preferred five years of work for a PhD title to a $90k job now. It would seem unlikely that I'd prefer a $90k job now over two years of work for a PhD title, especially given that I'm now more sure that there are good jobs waiting for me.

Comment author: johnswentworth 31 March 2012 03:24:07AM 1 point [-]

Thanks, Joachim. Like I said, I don't know much about PhD programs. What would be some better numbers to make the point?

Comment author: JoachimSchipper 02 April 2012 01:45:58PM -1 points [-]

I'm sorry, but I have no idea - I'm in the Netherlands, which has a different academic/economic structure than the US.