Lumifer comments on The Power of Noise - Less Wrong

28 Post author: jsteinhardt 16 June 2014 05:26PM

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Comment author: DSimon 17 June 2014 02:41:40PM *  2 points [-]

While an interesting idea, I believe most people just call this "gambling".

I'm not sure what you're driving at here. A gambling system where everybody has a net expected gain is still a good use of randomness.

Comment author: Lumifer 17 June 2014 04:20:32PM 0 points [-]

A gambling system where everybody has a net expected gain

So what's the difference between a market where you can buy a chance to get some asset for cash, and a casino where you can buy a chance to get some asset for cash? You have non-coerced humans doing voluntary transactions in both of them.

Don't forget that you still need a counterparty in the markets.