wedrifid comments on The Power of Reinforcement - Less Wrong

96 Post author: lukeprog 21 June 2012 01:42PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (467)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 June 2012 03:36:48PM 0 points [-]

Would it be different and less risky if the reward were M&Ms rather than kisses?

Do diabetes, arteriosclerosis and dental costs count as 'risks'?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 23 June 2012 04:19:11PM 1 point [-]

I assume we're talking about something like a dozen M&Ms/day, which wouldn't be a large risk for most people (I agree they'd be a bad idea for diabetics). Unless the person otherwise would eat no sweets at all, I can't see the M&Ms making a difference.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 June 2012 06:33:37PM 1 point [-]

EY must be saying lots of nice things if that's a non-negligible risk.