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Old 4th March 2012, 05:02 AM   #31
Roboramma
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Originally Posted by Ziggurat View Post
Since I can't die twice, the latter is better than the former, though the difference is small.
It also depends on the timing of the trips: if I have a 1/1000 chance of dying on my trip today, that's worse than a 1/10000 chance of dying every day from today-ten days from now.

Why? Because not only can I not die twice, but I'd rather die tomorrow than today. On the other hand, if we took the trips in the reverse order (so that the ten trips remain the same, but the 1/1000 chance of dying were to fall ten days from now), then I might make the opposite choice.
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