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Manfred comments on Open thread, Dec. 22 - Dec. 28, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Gondolinian 22 December 2014 02:34AM

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Comment author: Manfred 23 December 2014 07:08:12PM 6 points [-]

Well, somewhat, but at least unlike a lottery it's not capped so that the house always wins.

Comment author: is4junk 23 December 2014 08:18:40PM 0 points [-]

Yes, it has some benefits that normal lotteries don't. In addition, the ticket price should go down with time and more participants. Maybe the lottery analogy isn't ideal.