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vi21maobk9vp comments on Value of Information: 8 examples - Less Wrong Discussion

48 Post author: gwern 18 May 2012 11:45PM

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Comment author: vi21maobk9vp 19 May 2012 06:24:50AM 10 points [-]

I think you forgot to mention that you considered (for example) Melatonin reliably non-harmful. Because if you discovered negative side effects (BTW, it is hard to find negative long-term side-effects...), cancelling Melatonin would save much more than the price of pills on its own.