MileyCyrus comments on Collating widely available time/money trades - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MileyCyrus 20 November 2012 04:06:34AM 2 points [-]

I am so confused by that second paragraph.

Then you get 7 points of counterfactual happiness on a 10-100 scale (Layard2005) twice, one instantly, and one after two years, total 14 points.

If the scale starts at 10, how to get to a 7? And where does the happiness come from? Does it come from having sex, or from not having a kid?

Comment author: diegocaleiro 21 November 2012 04:14:34AM 0 points [-]

not having a kid will avoid the loss of 7 points per child, I was assuming people would father 2 infants, with a two year separation, just to be a little more criptic.