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Lumifer comments on Open thread, Jul. 18 - Jul. 24, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 21 July 2016 04:40:47AM 0 points [-]

I would say that before your current needs, uncertainty, opportunity cost, and changes in yourself the answer is debatable, that is, I can see it coming down to individual preferences.

But I still don't see practical applications. For actual calculations you need some reasonable numbers and I don't see how you are going to come up with them.