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James_Miller comments on Ethics and rationality of suicide - Less Wrong Discussion

46 Post author: anonymous259 02 May 2011 01:38AM

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Comment author: James_Miller 02 May 2011 04:54:44PM 6 points [-]

Yes, the higher the variance of what might happen the more you should be willing to wait. Also, even if you think things will probably get worse option value means you might still want to wait.