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I don’t think anyone will quit their job for it but it will influence the decision of “play flight simulator or hack on targets”

• simonh 6y ago
  In theory yes, but there’s going to be serious diminishing returns. At what point does doubling the reward no longer double the number of person hours you’re incentivising to work on the problem? At what point does doubling it increase the effort expended by less than 10%? Compared to spending that money on your own research teams, where the Cost/effort your buying is likely to be much closer to linear.
  • ponker 6y ago
    On the contrary, for low-probability payouts like lotteries, doubling the reward more than doubles the number of people who play. Almost nobody would play a lottery that gives you a 1 in 50 chance of winning $5, but plenty of people play lotteries for a 1 in a billion chance of $100 million.