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| adjl 07/08/21 8:34:22 AM #20: | Zeus posted... Direct bribes tend to work better than lottos. Quite the opposite, actually. People are a lot more attracted to the idea of possibly winning a fabulous prize than being guaranteed to win a mediocre one, provided the cost of entry is low enough that they don't stop to really think about the odds (and even if they do, humans are notoriously bad at risk analysis, so they're still going to disproportionately favour the lottery). Consider it yourself: If you weren't planning to do something, would you be more inclined to change your plans because somebody offered you $10 or because somebody offered a 1/100,000 chance to win $1 million (or, better yet, an unspecified chance based on how many other people decided to go for it)? Lotteries provide greater motivation while also generally being much cheaper to run per person motivated. Zeus posted... Wtf? Joke Biden really dropped the ball after all of his tough talk and promises. I mean, the alternative is jabbing people at gunpoint, and you'd be losing your mind if he even considered that, so... --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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