btrettel comments on Crazy Ideas Thread, Aug. 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion
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Am I correct to paraphrase you this way: maximizing EX and maximizing P(X > a) are two different problems.
Good point. It's worth noting that you can use Markov's inequality to relate the two.