Re: Would you put your life on the line?
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Serious answer to an absurd question: I turn down all amounts at all odds.
I'm not placing a monetary value on my life. I wouldn't bet my [censored] little toe against your $10 million.
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This isn't true. Every action you take has an implicit risk. Easiest to see are activities like crossing the road, driving, flying on a plane, etc. Each of those actions you do because the risk to you is smaller then the utility you get out of doing the action.
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Nor do I think crossing the street represents a calculated risk.
Being alive carries with it its own risk of death - that's just how it is. But I'm not placing monetary values on any of that. And I'm not going to essentially sell a piece of my body for supposed financial gain.
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Driving is certainly a non-trivial chance of death (1 in 18585 if that stupid site can be believed). I would assume then that you would take OPs bet if the number you had to pick was between 1 and 18585. I was just commenting that when you said *ALL* amounts at *ALL* odds, you really didn't mean that.
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