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220 | Lara Buchak on Risk and Rationality

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Would You Rather Just Have a Million Dollars?

The dating site is asking people about their rational preferences under conditions of risk. Most people would rather just have a million dollars than to risk getting nothing in exchange for maybe getting $5 million, he says. "I think the answer is I would like the first one better"

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