Comments on: know thyself http://blog.ginsudo.com/2010/01/05/know-thyself/ the way of ginsu Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:36:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ginsu http://blog.ginsudo.com/2010/01/05/know-thyself/#comment-181 ginsu Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:48:06 +0000 http://blog.ginsudo.com/?p=583#comment-181 Those news stories are news because they are unusual - "Man Bites Dog" rather than "Dog Bites Man" - I think the odds of entrapment bait are exceptionally low. Nevertheless, I just realized that now that I have posted on this topic, the odds are incrementally higher that I would be targeted for jailbait or scam. In addition, my embarrassment and self-disgust with a bad outcome is significantly increased. So now it is much more certain that I would turn in any significant amount of money. But who knows what would really happen? Personality is quantum like Schrödinger's cat - it exists in a mixture of states until you open the box. Those news stories are news because they are unusual – “Man Bites Dog” rather than “Dog Bites Man” – I think the odds of entrapment bait are exceptionally low.

Nevertheless, I just realized that now that I have posted on this topic, the odds are incrementally higher that I would be targeted for jailbait or scam. In addition, my embarrassment and self-disgust with a bad outcome is significantly increased. So now it is much more certain that I would turn in any significant amount of money.

But who knows what would really happen? Personality is quantum like Schrödinger’s cat – it exists in a mixture of states until you open the box.

]]> By: Rob Lanphier http://blog.ginsudo.com/2010/01/05/know-thyself/#comment-179 Rob Lanphier Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:24:11 +0000 http://blog.ginsudo.com/?p=583#comment-179 I'm not sure if I'd turn it in or ignore it, but those are the only two options I'd seriously consider for most amounts of money. Not out of any real nobility, but purely out of a rather conservative risk-reward analysis, since the odds would seem pretty high that $10,000 is closely monitored bait (see http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3962387 and http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=394 ) or perhaps some other trouble that I really wouldn't want to be a part of. I’m not sure if I’d turn it in or ignore it, but those are the only two options I’d seriously consider for most amounts of money. Not out of any real nobility, but purely out of a rather conservative risk-reward analysis, since the odds would seem pretty high that $10,000 is closely monitored bait (see http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3962387 and http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=394 ) or perhaps some other trouble that I really wouldn’t want to be a part of.

]]>