Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Terrorist baby down the well: a look at institutional forces - Less Wrong

14 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 18 March 2014 02:30PM

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 18 March 2014 09:35:12PM 2 points [-]

A penny of prevention could be worth a pound of cure, but that doesn't actually mean it's worth it to prevent unless the prevention lowers the chances of the adverse event by at least an absolute probability of (1 penny / 1 pound).