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Blind's in, so check or call?
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If you had a choice between receiving nothing, $100,000 dollars, or $1,000,000 dollars...which would you choose? Options A and B are guaranteed, but option C is awarded only with the successful flip of a card.
"We are who we choose to be, Spiderman...now choose!"
You may choose only one


Votes accepted from 11/29/04 11:40 AM until the end of time
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Edited by Viaggio (11/29/04 12:23 PM)

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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Viaggio]
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I figure the sure bet is a gift from God.


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Viaggio]
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Is it the ego which leans more towards risk because its threshold for satisfaction is higher? Higher standards usually corresponds to a more solid ego. So finding contentment seems like an action of submission...the act of a more permeable ego. Any comments or criticism for this poll?


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Viaggio]
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Viaggio said:
.. but option C is awarded only with the successful flip of a card.


How difficult would it be to flip a card? Since I'm not a moron, I'll take option C. :lol:

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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: fireworks_god]
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Not a moron, but maybe a smart-ass?  :smirk:

I know I could have phrased option C differently, but I figured most folks would understand my point.  I guess there's always an exception...

BTW, you pulled a 3 of spades on the river and it did nothing for your pocket Jacks.  You lost the bet :tongue:


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Viaggio]
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Viaggio said:
I know I could have phrased option C differently, but I figured most folks would understand my point.  I guess there's always an exception...



There's a difference between someone not understanding one's point, and understanding one's point but winning $1,000,000 by the fact that they did not convey their idea correctly. :lol:

In other words, I was joking, lighten up. :smirk:

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If I should die this very moment
I wouldn't fear
For I've never known completeness
Like being here
Wrapped in the warmth of you
Loving every breath of you
:heartpump: :bunnyhug: :yinyang:

:yinyang: :levitate: :earth: :levitate: :yinyang:

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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: fireworks_god]
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I was joking too :thumbup:  But you still lost the hand :tongue:


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: fireworks_god]
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anyone who chose nothing or the flip one is a dumb nut.


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Moonshoe]
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I wouldn't necessarily say dumb, but they definitely have different priorities.


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Viaggio]
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with 100k i could buy alot of crack. i don't think a million dollars worth of crack would improve my life much more than 100k worth, so i voted for the 100k.


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Viaggio]
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I'd take the 100k because if invested properly it could be turned into one million in a few years.


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Viaggio]
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This is truly a simple mathematical problem. You take all of the possible roads to conclusion and average the win amount for each path.

A: $0

B: $100,000

C: $500,000

Anyone choosing B is not very intelligent.


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Swami]
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on day one of economics i learned thier is no free lunch. Someone lost 100,000 because of you takin it...jerks

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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Swami]
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Swami said:
This is truly a simple mathematical problem. You take all of the possible roads to conclusion and average the win amount for each path.

A: $0

B: $100,000

C: $500,000

Anyone choosing B is not very intelligent.


yeah, sure, it looks nice all written out that way, but in the real world you either get $1,000,000 or you get $0. you don't get $500,000. ever. so option B becomes a pretty safe and savvy choice.

actually, I suppose in the real world you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who offers this sort of jackpot thing.

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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Swami]
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Well, I chose "B". I'll take the sure thing any day and work with it.

Swami, where did you come up with the $500K? I admit, I'm not very smart when it comes to math. Based on the question, I took "C" as meaning that there was a chance you could win more than in "B", and also a chance you could win nothing at all.

Why $500K?


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Frog]
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it's the average of 1,000,000 and 0. the average is 500,000. but real life doesn't conform to weird mathematical things like that. or rather, it does, but only once it's past.

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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Zekebomb]
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:thumbup:


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Moonshoe]
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anyone who chose nothing or the flip one is a dumb nut.

Oh, I dunno about that. I think it depends on what $1,000,000 means to the individual.

How about if we were talking $10 vs. $100. Actuarially speaking, this is the same bet; $1,000,000 is ten times $100,000, and $100 is ten times $10.

I have a feeling if the values were $10 and $100, most people would chose the card, even though they're the same bet, actuarially.

This is the same misconception people have playing the lottery. A 20,000,000 to 1 chance of winning $10,000,000 for $1 is a very, very, very bad investment of the $1.


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Viaggio]
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$100 K is as good as $1 mill the way i live...

so i chose the sure thing.


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Re: Blind's in, so check or call? [Re: Viaggio]
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yeah, what are the odds of the million dollar card being what you'd want?


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