prase comments on Risk aversion does not explain people's betting behaviours - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 21 August 2012 08:31:32PM 1 point [-]

The post doesn't deny that the utility function is concave, but it says it can't reasonable be that much concave as needed to explain rejecting +55/-50 even odds bet with 15,000 on the gambler's account.