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| Latty Germany. May 16 2012 22:13. Posts 545 | Profile # |
| i would buy it. its a win-win situation! |
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| Ation Finland. May 16 2012 22:29. Posts 100 | Profile # |
99% chance of winning $1,000,000 is a very easy decision. I could easily waste "10 best years" of my life trying to get that money, but if I was given free million with no questions asked, I would absolutely take that. I would probably take it again every time I spend the previous amount.
I would not use it to as an exploit to get lazy and things like that. It greatly increases my ability to provide and stay free from the chains of poverty etc. No loans needed - would be fantastic.
25 years of exp in this world  . |
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| Recognizable Netherlands. May 16 2012 22:33. Posts 1345 | Profile Blog # |
| Just a million dollars? Are you crazy. |
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| DarkPlasmaBall United States. May 16 2012 22:34. Posts 19998 | Profile Blog # |
| I live a comfortable life already, and I'm young enough to not want to risk my life for only a million dollars. It's not worth it to me. There's so much I'd like to accomplish throughout the rest of my life, and so the measured risk vs. reward of my particular situation is such that I'd turn down the gamble. It might be different if I was 70 years old and poor, but I'm not. |
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| Incognoto France. May 16 2012 22:34. Posts 1451 | Profile Blog # |
| It's not like you'll be around to have any regrets if you get the bad side of the deal. |
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| DarkPlasmaBall United States. May 16 2012 22:35. Posts 19998 | Profile Blog # |
On May 16 2012 22:34 Incognoto wrote:
It's not like you'll be around to have any regrets if you get the bad side of the deal.
I'd rather be alive than dead. Personal preference. |
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| hefty Denmark. May 16 2012 22:36. Posts 489 | Profile # |
On May 16 2012 16:05 lorkac wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 15:57 hefty wrote:+ Show Spoiler +
On May 16 2012 15:28 ckfnpku wrote:
If death is instant and painless as in this case I see no downside. Once you die you will not miss life since your mind no longer exists. Shoot me some lottery tickets! I'll take this at 50/50.
You may hurt yor loved ones, no? Barring that, while your rational is good, I would argue that there is such a thing as a loss of opportunity, loss of potential good life. You wouldn't be there to regret anything, true, but from the still living lottery player's point of view, there is a lot of great future to be lost. I reckon you may have been sarcastic, but even so, I don't mind making that point. For me there is a hierarchy of priorities. While I do agree money is a good thing to have, no amount at any odds would see me play this. I may get a "bullshit, 1/1000000000000000 and win a zillion and you would" and statistically I should, I agree, but the discussion is more or less "how much money at which odds are your life worth" and I maintain that these two aren't matchable for me. Life > money, at all times, as I am quite sure I can manage to have a great life no matter how rich I am, while I am more uncertain that riches would add significantly to my enjoyment of life.
It's obvious the question is not 1% for $1,000,000,000 but is more "What can I offer you that you're willing to risk your life for it?" + Show Spoiler +
For example, I'd stand in front of a gunman to uselessly defend my loved one. But I wouldn't do the same for a stranger.
A soldier is willing to kill enemies in the field of combat for his country--but he wouldn't do it in the barber shop for shits and giggles (hopefully).
And now we are at this question. What would it take for you to arbitrarily risk your life?
Would you, for example, take the 1% risk if no money was involved? It's such a low number--it's not like it's a risk at all? Or maybe it's only worth it if some amount of compensation was involved? Etc... and so on and so forth the wheel of "what if" keeps turning.
Yeah, that was what I meant. My answer is that money - no amount at any odds - is good enough for me to risk my life.
So what would it take? I guess the possibility of saving the life of my loved ones - depending on odds, etc.
On May 16 2012 22:29 Ation wrote:99% chance of winning $1,000,000 is a very easy decision. I could easily waste "10 best years" of my life trying to get that money, but if I was given free million with no questions asked, I would absolutely take that. I would probably take it again every time I spend the previous amount. I would not use it to as an exploit to get lazy and things like that. It greatly increases my ability to provide and stay free from the chains of poverty etc. No loans needed - would be fantastic. 25 years of exp in this world .
You are confusing money for life. If you are "wasting your 10 best years" to attain money, you are doing it wrong!
On May 16 2012 17:58 TemujinGK wrote:
meh. like i said in the other thread. There really isn't a down side. you either live with an extra million or you die. You can't really be upset about dying or being dead,
because, well...
you're dead.
I accept that you disagree with the question at hand, but this rationale is obviously wrong. By this logic you should be willing to die 99% of the time for a dollar. Certainly not the case?Last edit: 2012-05-16 22:37:57 |
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| DeadBull Austria. May 16 2012 22:38. Posts 417 | Profile # |
| You don't deserve to live if you do that |
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| prototype. Canada. May 16 2012 22:47. Posts 4162 | Profile Blog # |
On May 16 2012 16:02 Athos wrote:
As a poker player I've had enough bad beats to know that 1% happens. While in poker you live to fight another hand, there's no coming back from death.
Are you saying you wouldn't go all-in with a 99% chance of winning...? |
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| Incognoto France. May 16 2012 22:51. Posts 1451 | Profile Blog # |
On May 16 2012 22:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 22:34 Incognoto wrote:
It's not like you'll be around to have any regrets if you get the bad side of the deal.
I'd rather be alive than dead. Personal preference.
Same, but your preferences are irrelevant if you're dead. I guess it depends on whether or not you die instantly or not.
I'd take those odds with hesitating at all. |
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| Bojas Netherlands. May 16 2012 22:53. Posts 1426 | Profile # |
I'd gamble the 1% since there's 1% chance of dying in more things in life which give way less of a reward. Beyond that it's too risky.
On May 16 2012 22:51 Incognoto wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 22:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On May 16 2012 22:34 Incognoto wrote:
It's not like you'll be around to have any regrets if you get the bad side of the deal.
I'd rather be alive than dead. Personal preference.
Same, but your preferences are irrelevant if you're dead. I guess it depends on whether or not you die instantly or not. I'd take those odds with hesitating at all.
While I tend to agree with this it's depressing to think about that in that way T.T Last edit: 2012-05-16 22:55:41 |
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 EneMecH United Kingdom. May 16 2012 23:04. Posts 218 | Profile # |
Apparently, if this was suddenly available world wide, around 8 countries the size of Norway worth of people would instantly die.
Aproximately.Last edit: 2012-05-16 23:06:26 |
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| ninjamyst United States. May 16 2012 23:05. Posts 1546 | Profile # |
| Isn't the chance of dying in a car crash about the same odds? If so, why wouldn't anyone risk this? 99% chance of winning 1 million dollars....count me in! If I get that 1%, then at least I die a painless death instead of being run over by a SUV. |
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| ninjamyst United States. May 16 2012 23:05. Posts 1546 | Profile # |
On May 16 2012 23:04 EneMecH wrote:
Apparently, if this was suddenly available world wide, around 8 countries worth of people the size of norway would instantly die.
Aproximately.
that may actually be a good thing considering how overpopulated some areas of the world is. |
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| TurtleNinja United States. May 16 2012 23:13. Posts 15 | Profile # |
On May 16 2012 17:58 EneMecH wrote:
We're talking about people on this TL poll. That means people who not only have a computer and internet connection that can handle sc2, BW or DotA but also have the free time to waste voting on these sort of polls in excess of time to game.
How much happiness do people think $1m will buy them? It might improve your life a small amount for a few years or a large amount for just a couple.
Wtf? 1m only improving your life for a few years? Are you like a multi-millionaire eating caviar breakfast, lunch and dinner? For most people in this world you will be able to live life without stress till you die of old age as long as you live a modest life and you were to use the money wisely. You seem to be out of touch with the average man.
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| DarkPlasmaBall United States. May 16 2012 23:18. Posts 19998 | Profile Blog # |
On May 16 2012 22:51 Incognoto wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 22:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On May 16 2012 22:34 Incognoto wrote:
It's not like you'll be around to have any regrets if you get the bad side of the deal.
I'd rather be alive than dead. Personal preference.
Same, but your preferences are irrelevant if you're dead. I guess it depends on whether or not you die instantly or not. I'd take those odds with hesitating at all.
Fortunately, you can turn down the offer and live your life normally  |
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| How2getMaster Germany. May 16 2012 23:20. Posts 124 | Profile # |
If you think 1 Million isn´t that much money. You won´t be able to stop working for the rest of your life and play SCII ^^
Greetings. |
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| Ation Finland. May 16 2012 23:20. Posts 100 | Profile # |
On May 16 2012 23:13 TurtleNinja wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 17:58 EneMecH wrote:
We're talking about people on this TL poll. That means people who not only have a computer and internet connection that can handle sc2, BW or DotA but also have the free time to waste voting on these sort of polls in excess of time to game.
How much happiness do people think $1m will buy them? It might improve your life a small amount for a few years or a large amount for just a couple.
Wtf? 1m only improving your life for a couple of years? Are you like a multi-millionaire eating caviar breakfast, lunch and dinner? For most people in this world you will be able to live life without stress as long as you live a modest life and you were to use the money wisely. You seem to be out of touch with the average man.
Yeah... Last summer I earnt 5000€ and I'm living with that money currently. What is this "few years of happiness"? I'm not going to throw 50% off of it to insanity charity and stupid money sinks :D. 1mil in bank = 1mil in bank. I can buy the same "less than 50eur worth of food" every week still and live in this apartment which is totally cool. Absolutely no need to mess up with the money and go to zero. |
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| Vapaach Finland. May 16 2012 23:22. Posts 965 | Profile # |
On May 16 2012 23:18 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +On May 16 2012 22:51 Incognoto wrote:
On May 16 2012 22:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On May 16 2012 22:34 Incognoto wrote:
It's not like you'll be around to have any regrets if you get the bad side of the deal.
I'd rather be alive than dead. Personal preference.
Same, but your preferences are irrelevant if you're dead. I guess it depends on whether or not you die instantly or not. I'd take those odds with hesitating at all.
Fortunately, you can turn down the offer and live your life normally
Turning the opportunity down could bother you afterwards. |
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| v3chr0 United States. May 16 2012 23:30. Posts 855 | Profile Blog # |
On May 16 2012 06:02 TheToast wrote:
$1 million isn't that much after taxes. Maybe have $600,000 left, which in some parts of the US like Cali, you'd be lucky if that bought you a nice house and car. Maybe have enough left for a nice TV?
Be easier just to commit some type of financial fraud. Make more money and if you get caught the worst that can happen is a few years in a minimum security prison.
Truth, did you know most of them get to watch the Discovery channel?
In all seriousness though, I'd take the 99-1 odds for a million
I'd go as far to take 60%die-40%live If I got 25 trillion. Reason being, I feel that if I were to be given 25 trillion, I could do A LOT of good for the world, and to chance that with my death seems like a noble cause.
First, I'd buy a steak, a really good one. Then pay off the U.S debt, give $1,000 to every person in the world. (~4-6 Trillion left) I'd donate a lot to others, donate to charity, donate to worthy businesses, causes, etc. I'd do more than I could explain if I won those odds. Maybe it'd change peoples perception of 'greed' too, since a majority of people with money aren't Scrooge Mc.Duck and actually do a lot of good with their money.
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