From: J. Goard (wyattoil@foothill.net)
Date: Tue Apr 09 2002 - 13:16:58 MDT
At 10:45 AM 4/9/02 -0700, Wei Dai wrote:
>Are you sure you guys are behaving rationally here? Suppose the movie is
>worth $10 to you, you only have to pay $7 to see it, and the marginal cost
>of showing the movie to an additional person is $3, then you're spending
>$3 of your money and $4 of other people's money to prevent some pennies
>going to the Church of Scientology. Wouldn't it be better to see the
>movie and donate $3 to an anti-Scientology organization or some other
>worthy cause?
I like this response. But why on earth would the marginal cost be as high
as 3 bucks? :>
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The Beyond outside us is indeed swept away, and the
great undertaking of the Enlightenment complete;
but the Beyond *inside* us has become a new heaven
and calls us to renewed heaven-storming.
--Max Stirner
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