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James_Miller comments on How would you talk a stranger off the ledge? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: James_Miller 25 January 2012 01:43:24AM 0 points [-]

There must be some lag between when you start torturing me and when I sell my stocks or I would never get tortured. My understanding of option theory might increase this lag by delaying when I give in to torture.