solipsist comments on Link: Poking the Bear (Podcast) - Less Wrong

0 Post author: James_Miller 27 February 2014 03:43PM

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Comment author: solipsist 28 February 2014 05:51:38AM 3 points [-]

I'll agree to those terms. I'd also take a 1/5th chance of $100 in lieu of $20 (e.g. you pay $100 if no Russian tanks have been involved in combat in the Ukraine by April 28th and the first digit after the decimal of the S&P 500 is a 0 or 5 at close that day).

Comment author: James_Miller 28 February 2014 03:27:27PM 3 points [-]

Agreed with the following two clarifications. (1) By first digit I assume we mean to the left of the decimal point so if the S&P 500 is 1864.33 at close the first digit is a 4 and (2) and by Russian tanks we mean tanks operated by Russian troops not a tank built in Russia.

Comment author: wwa 28 February 2014 11:54:28PM 1 point [-]

You guys left one possible loophole: Does "tanks will be involved in combat" mean actually firing shells?

Comment author: James_Miller 01 March 2014 12:30:14AM 1 point [-]

I would say "no" but there does have to be fighting because of the word "combat".

Comment author: James_Miller 29 April 2014 12:03:26AM 2 points [-]

I think it's a tie since tanks were not involved in combat (although they did invade) but the S&P 500 Index closed at 1,869.43 on April 28th.

Comment author: solipsist 29 April 2014 02:35:02AM 1 point [-]

Agreed. In retrospect, I think I was a little bit overconfident.

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