Dr_Manhattan comments on Post ridiculous munchkin ideas! - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 12 May 2013 05:54:34PM 9 points [-]

If you're given a cookie that's hard to give up, but you're worried about calories.

You do not deserve the cookie, but can earn 1/2 of it by throwing 1/2 of it away.

Works every time.

Comment author: Kawoomba 12 May 2013 06:13:26PM 10 points [-]

You do not deserve the cookie, but can earn 1/2 of it by throwing 1/2 of it away.

So then you've received your 1/2 of a cookie, but since you're worried about calories, you can earn half of that (1/4 of a full cookie) by throwing half of it away ...

That's the way the cookie crumbles. (Also not that different from money being taxed repeatedly (taxed as income then VAT then taxed as income ... repeat ad paupertam.)

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 13 May 2013 02:00:22AM 15 points [-]

Zeno's Cookie?