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Originally Posted by :::grimReaper:::
$100 is merely a number or piece of paper if I can't spend it, so yes, losing $100 wouldn't mean anything in that situation. Also, the $100, along with the rest of my net worth and anything I cherish in life was lost as soon I as I found out I was going to be fried in oil.
You can keep your entire net worth* and everything you cherish will be fine.**
What makes you really sad is that it really ****ing hurts to be fried in oil. Expectations aren't even the slightest bit of a factor. I mean, even with no experience, you'd have perfect expectation of it really being a bad sort of day.
So, again, expectations are a small factor, but not at all the most important factor.
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Another thing to consider: why do people enjoy themselves more on Fridays than Sundays, despite having to work on Fridays and not Sundays? The answer: not only is happiness a function of expectations, but we even discount future happiness into our present happiness, sort of like computing discounted cashflow to come up with NPV.
Everyone should, according to your model, really enjoy Sundays since they nearly always exceed expectations. Fridays rarely exceed expectations since, well, you are working.
Anticipation (a different thing than variance from expectations), can be good or bad. Has nothing to do with the results though, since it is really hard to have feelings of anticipation for something that has already occurred or is occurring. You aren't actually enjoying Saturday on Friday, or miserably experiencing Monday on Sunday.
Understood, but it seemed like you were offering it as some sort of example of a rule.
*you will be a bit crispy and dead, of course.
**they will mourn you nearly exactly the appropriate amount.
Last edited by BrianTheMick2; 09-06-2017 at 12:55 AM.