From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Thu Dec 21 2000 - 23:17:16 MST
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
>>
>> > I want to, around once per ten minutes whenever I'm not at home,
>> > spontaneously emit a nickel. The nickel should have a chance of striking
>> > any given person within 20 meters which is proportional to the inverse of
>> > the square of the distance between us.
Dan Fabulich wrote:
>> I tried this out for a while. You'd think it'd be a good idea, but it
>> mostly just pissed off passers-by.
At 11:51 PM 21/12/00 -0500, Eliezer wrote:
>It really doesn't work unless you use ecash. That was kind of the whole
>point here. I just happen to think that, socioeconomically, people should
>behave a bit more like fundamental particles.
No, I tried that too, and it just infuriated everyone I passed. Banking
systems being what they are, it was costing those hapless bystanders
between 50 cents and $5 every time they downloaded my nickel. (Actually I
used five cents, which is the smallest piece of currency in Oz. But maybe
our banks are more draconian than elsewhere.)
Damien Broderick
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