Am 28.09.2014 08:45, schrieb Le_Forgeron:

> According to logic, the possible gain in St. Petersburg lottery is such
> that you should and could play all your assets.

Actually, no. While there is one short-sighted train of thoughts that, 
based on logic, would come to the conclusion that this is the case, 
there are other trains of thought that lead to a different conclusion.

Still, a healthy dose of prejudice (aka common sense) does comes in 
handy to notice that there's /something/ wrong with that short-sighted 
train of thoughts, and that you should indeed examine others.

(Also, for some nitpicking, the St. Petersburg paradox isn't about how 
much you /should/ pay for a ticket, but only how much you /could/ pay 
for one. Obviously, no matter what train of thoughts you follow, the 
amount you /should/ pay is no more than whatever the lottery decides to 
offer a ticket for.)

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