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Comment author: Kawoomba 17 February 2013 06:44:43PM 2 points [-]

What's wrong with “you most likely have nothing to worry about, but I suggest doing this exam the off-chance that you do”?

MONNAY.

You've got to multiply the probability by the disutility, and the result can be large enough to worry about even if the probability is small.

The question is, whose utility?

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