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by wfunction 3888 days ago
Maybe, but at that point does your brain think in terms of probabilities and expected values anymore (if it ever did)?

For example, when you're comparing prices at a store, you might be so rational that you perfectly compute the expected payoff for each product and choose the optimal one. But does your brain work the same way when deciding whether to steal the product too? If the expected payoff for that was higher, would you just go ahead and steal it?

Don't you think people might not think the same way about the more common cases and the less common cases?

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I often find myself doing it to the point of ridiculousness, there's a 0.01% chance you have one of your organs flipped horizontally. Statistically a lot of people in this forum have their heart on the wrong side of their body or a non-standard kidney.