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Geiki_Ganger
02/24/24 4:03:31 PM
#1:


$500,000 is just $500,000, but the mystery box could be any real number.

What would you pick?

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DrizztLink
02/24/24 4:05:31 PM
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If it's literally any real number then I have like an infinite chance to get more than 500k.

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LeoRavus
02/24/24 4:06:07 PM
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My bills are low enough where $500k would last the rest of my life. Interest alone would cover utilities, food, and property taxes.

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Geiki_Ganger
02/24/24 4:06:27 PM
#4:


DrizztLink posted...
If it's literally any real number then I have like an infinite chance to get more than 500k.

That is correct.

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Paragon21XX
02/24/24 4:07:17 PM
#5:


DrizztLink posted...
If it's literally any real number then I have like an infinite chance to get more than 500k.
Real numbers also mean you could be more than $500k in debt.

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Southernfatman
02/24/24 4:07:56 PM
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$500,000 is $500,000, but the mystery box could be anything. It could even be $500,000!

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Geiki_Ganger
02/24/24 4:09:07 PM
#7:


Paragon21XX posted...
Real numbers also mean you could be more than $500k in debt.

This is also correct.

Glad there are people on CE well versed in pure mathematics.

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YugiNoob
02/24/24 4:09:26 PM
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Could it be a boat

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Mussurana
02/24/24 4:10:21 PM
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Paragon21XX posted...
Real numbers also mean you could be more than $500k in debt.
And that's why I'll take the money over possibly infinite debt.

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2Pacavelli
02/24/24 4:11:36 PM
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$500,000

The range with Real Numbers is so large that I'd mostly likely get a number so unrealistic that it would just invalidate our monetary system

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Accolon
02/24/24 4:11:36 PM
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I'll take the 500k.

I don't need like a Graham's number dollars suddenly filling the universe, or a Tree3 of debt crashing all the world's computers.

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UnsteadyOwl
02/24/24 4:15:50 PM
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I'd be damn curious about the box. You didn't say rounded to the nearest penny so it could be some irrational number that's not even possible to represent accurately as an account balance.

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Geiki_Ganger
02/24/24 4:18:07 PM
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UnsteadyOwl posted...
I'd be damn curious about the box. You didn't say rounded to the nearest penny so it could be some irrational number that's not even possible to represent accurately as an account balance.

This is once again correct.

CE is smart.

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Trumble
02/24/24 4:18:34 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
If it's literally any real number then I have like an infinite chance to get more than 500k.

This. Even if negatives are an option, I declare bankruptcy and it's sorted. A 50/50 between one bankruptcy or infinite money for life, with an infinitely tiny chance of getting or losing a small amount of money (or gaining nice but not set-for-life money) and an even more infinitely tiny chance that I hit exactly zero and nothing happens.

It's also more likely than not that I end up with a real but irrational amount of money, and I'd love to see the banks have to handle that.

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Ratchetrockon
02/24/24 4:22:49 PM
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mystery box

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toadfan64
02/24/24 4:22:52 PM
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Southernfatman posted...
$500,000 is $500,000, but the mystery box could be anything. It could even be $500,000!


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Shotgunnova
02/24/24 4:24:49 PM
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Bestow $500K unto me, comrade.

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Mechu
02/24/24 4:25:34 PM
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Literally any including negative numbers? Yeah no thanks lmao.

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Enclave
02/24/24 4:34:17 PM
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I remember my maths, this seems potentially disastrous, I'll take the 500k.

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inTaCtfuL
02/24/24 4:35:59 PM
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I'll take the mystery box. I want to see total chaos

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divot1338
02/24/24 4:39:32 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
If it's literally any real number then I have like an infinite chance to get more than 500k.
Mystery box could be a hand grenade with the pin removed.

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DrizztLink
02/24/24 4:41:07 PM
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divot1338 posted...
Mystery box could be a hand grenade with the pin removed.
I feel like that's going to be a problem for everyone in the room regardless of my choice.

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Rika_Furude
02/24/24 4:41:59 PM
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Whats the repayment plan for the debt
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Damn_Underscore
02/24/24 4:42:09 PM
#24:


DrizztLink posted...
If it's literally any real number then I have like an infinite chance to get more than 500k.


but you also have a near 100 % chance of breaking the economy

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Kurt_Russel
02/24/24 4:44:15 PM
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divot1338
02/24/24 4:46:01 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
I feel like that's going to be a problem for everyone in the room regardless of my choice.
According to quantum mechanics that hand grenade doesnt exist until we pick it.

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Airhammy
02/24/24 4:47:48 PM
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RoosterGold
02/24/24 5:35:59 PM
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Mussurana posted...
And that's why I'll take the money over possibly infinite debt.

Easy

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FlyEaglesFly24
02/24/24 5:42:16 PM
#29:


So the question is - what percentage of infinite money is 500k?

Because dont you run the risk of hyperinflating the dollar to an extent it becomes worthless? I mean if you have 500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 and its actually worth that, then arent doesnt everything have to go up in price to compensate?

Im just worried about breaking the Earth and everyone in it just to have a bank account so fat it makes money pointless.

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divot1338
02/24/24 5:49:38 PM
#30:


FlyEaglesFly24 posted...
So the question is - what percentage of infinite money is 500k?

Because dont you run the risk of hyperinflating the dollar to an extent it becomes worthless? I mean if you have 500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 and its actually worth that, then arent doesnt everything have to go up in price to compensate?

Its the same probabllity as any other number; effectively zero percent.

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uwnim
02/24/24 5:51:51 PM
#31:


Expected value of the mystery box is $0. It also has a very high chance of containing a positive or negative amount that exceeds the value of everything on earth.

I'll take the 500k. Higher expected value and is guaranteed to be a sane amount of money.

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PMarth2002
02/24/24 5:57:47 PM
#32:


Money. You just said the mystery box is a real number, you didn't specify it was money.

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YugiNoob
02/24/24 6:05:08 PM
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