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No matter who you choose, when you inevitably lose the lottery, you will still only have lost one dollar either way. When a child chooses to not go to an adult

by rmxt 11y ago

No matter who you choose, when you inevitably lose the lottery, you will still only have lost one dollar either way. When a child chooses to not go to an adult at all because only men are around, they might be facing more dire consequences than simply losing a dollar. A valid response to playing the lottery is "don't play the lotto, 10x chance or not"... for a child, there are some things that only adults are equipped to handle, and a valid response isn't to tell a 5 year old "don't go to a man, but do go to a woman". How might that work out at a football/soccer game?

pbhjpbhj 11y ago
The parent clearly said that they suggested a _bias_ towards a female instead of a male and a bias towards a parent. You'd have to judge the advice based on your/the child some very young children clearly wouldn't understand advice based on a hierarchy of responses. I've given this advice to my children giving "mother with children" > "store worker" > "other person with kids" > "policeman or someone in uniform or someone you think looks friendly" as the hierarchy. You're right there is far more than money at stake - isn't that even more reason to push the odds in your favour as much as possible. Perhaps a better analogue is that you can choose between two hospitals for your child's operation who are both very good but one has 10x the mortality rate of the other, you'd express a preference for the hospital with better outcomes regardless of the sex of the surgeons wouldn't you? I don't understand your last sentence?
- Dylan16807 11y ago
  >The parent clearly said that they suggested a _bias_ They're children. Making the message more complicated makes it harder to remember. The muddling is more dangerous than the .1 percent.
  - pbhjpbhj 11y ago
    "You'd have to judge the advice based on your/the child some very young children clearly wouldn't understand advice based on a hierarchy of responses." Wasn't that clear?
    - Dylan16807 11y ago
      Overly complex advice they understand is still overly complex advice. Even for an adult it impacts recall.
- jeffwass 11y ago
  I'm curious why you have policeman at the bottom of your hierarchy.

by rmxt 11y ago

pbhjpbhj 11y ago

The parent clearly said that they suggested a _bias_ towards a female instead of a male and a bias towards a parent. You'd have to judge the advice based on your/the child some very young children clearly wouldn't understand advice based on a hierarchy of responses. I've given this advice to my children giving "mother with children" > "store worker" > "other person with kids" > "policeman or someone in uniform or someone you think looks friendly" as the hierarchy. You're right there is far more than money at stake - isn't that even more reason to push the odds in your favour as much as possible. Perhaps a better analogue is that you can choose between two hospitals for your child's operation who are both very good but one has 10x the mortality rate of the other, you'd express a preference for the hospital with better outcomes regardless of the sex of the surgeons wouldn't you? I don't understand your last sentence?

Dylan16807 11y ago
>The parent clearly said that they suggested a _bias_ They're children. Making the message more complicated makes it harder to remember. The muddling is more dangerous than the .1 percent.
- pbhjpbhj 11y ago
  "You'd have to judge the advice based on your/the child some very young children clearly wouldn't understand advice based on a hierarchy of responses." Wasn't that clear?
  - Dylan16807 11y ago
    Overly complex advice they understand is still overly complex advice. Even for an adult it impacts recall.
jeffwass 11y ago
I'm curious why you have policeman at the bottom of your hierarchy.