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Viliam_Bur comments on [SEQ RERUN] Two Cult Koans - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 26 September 2013 12:22:34PM 1 point [-]

That's perhaps even better lesson, if you keep proper accounting.

Winning once in a while, very small amounts, losing on average... when what originally motivated you was an idea of winning a huge amount, which has never happened, and remains so unlikely to ever happen... and yet feeling a desire to continue... that's a very insidious way of losing.