roystgnr comments on Rationality Quotes November 2014 - Less Wrong

8 Post author: elharo 07 November 2014 07:07PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (337)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: roystgnr 12 November 2014 12:46:11PM 0 points [-]

I don't think you've just disagreed. When I say something has a marginal cost of $2.50, that doesn't mean I'm considering the sadness inherent in having fewer shiny metal discs and green pieces of paper, it means there's some opportunity cost which that money could have afforded which I would instead have to forgo.