Roland5 comments on The Allais Paradox - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Roland5 19 January 2008 05:25:39AM 2 points [-]

Let's say you prefer 1A over 1B, and 2B over 2A, and you would pay a single penny to indulge each preference. The switch starts in state A. Before 12:00PM, you pay me a penny to throw the switch to B.

I don't understand why I would pay you a penny to throw the switch gefore 12:00?