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gwern comments on Lotteries & MWI - Less Wrong Discussion

0 Post author: DataPacRat 18 November 2013 10:46PM

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Comment author: gwern 19 November 2013 12:47:07AM *  4 points [-]

Any time there may be nonconvexity or jumps in outcomes, there may be opportunity. Many investments or expenditures have minimum requirements, where a lot or none is better than some.