army1987 comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 04 April 2012 12:51:34PM 1 point [-]

If you wanted to choose a result that would draw suspicion

Why would anyone want to do that? (I'm sure that any reason for that would be much more likely than 1 in 175 million, but still I can't think of it.)

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 04 April 2012 01:00:44PM *  5 points [-]

The three most obvious answers (to my mind) are:

1) to demonstrate your Big Angelic Powers
2) to discredit the lottery organisers
3) as a prank / because you can