On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 08:10:10PM -0700, Brent Meeker wrote: > I don't see any paradox. This is no different than: > > If you push button 1, you will lose $9. > If you push button 2 you will win $10 one time out of 101 at random. > The other 100 times out of 101 you will lose $10. > > If you push 1 your expected payoff is -$9. > If you push 2 your expected payoff is ($10*1 - $10*100)/101=-$9/1.01
Something is wrong with your math here. ($10*1 - $10*100)/101 = -$9.9/1.01, not -$9/1.01. > So you push 2. Where's the paradox? > > Brent Meeker
