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by NiloCK 8 days ago
I'm no decision theorist but I think they should wait for the rewards outweigh the expected harms in expectation rather than being statistically equal.
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esikich 8 days ago
Fortune favors the bold.
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otterley 8 days ago
If they took the right gamble, that is :-)
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esikich 8 days ago
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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otterley 8 days ago
And sometimes 1000% of the shots that you do. (See, e.g., derivative trading.)
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yencabulator 7 days ago
By that logic, you never stop playing a double-or-nothing game. Good luck!
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