Would you take a lump sum of 1 million dollars or 1cent that is doubled over 31 days?

[ShinMaruku]

I pick option 2

[Polly]

Anyone that picks 1 is an impatient babby.

[gigawuts]

since you didn't limit the poll, i choose both

and then i'll take everything else, too

[CelestialBlade]

Giga's figured this out. Those aren't radio buttons; take everything!

[ShinMaruku]

Anyone that picks 1 is an impatient babby.

Also a fool. They don't see the curve going almost straight up in the end.

[BIG OLAF]

You forgot the "Who cares?" option.

[Crysteon]

Can I apply Trollscience to this?

[ShinMaruku]

It's a simple question. :P

[BIG OLAF]

It's a simple question. :P

So is "who cares?".

[ShinMaruku]

Coming from your repeated comments you care. http://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/chansub-global-emoticon-ddc6e3a8732cb50f-25x28.png

[gigawuts]

It looks to me like he cares about who you think cares, not about the poll question.

But hey.

[Retehi]

Oh, one of those "haha if you pick the obvious answer, you're such a plebian" questions.

Spoiler: You'll call anyone who picks 1 a fool, and anyone who doesn't your BFF.

[Sinue_v2]

Option 2, obviously, because if Ray Kurzweil has taught me anything, it's that always bet on the exponential growth curve to make miracles happen. Also, but seriously, everyone has heard that fable of the origin of the chess board.

In the real world, most people would still pick the million dollars... even if they know better. It's been pretty much demonstrated conclusively that we are not generally rational actors when it comes to money, and that's part of the reason why our economy is so fucked up. And to top that shitty scenario off, our administrators still set economic policy based on very old models which require assumption of rationality in order to make them work. They're not realistic, and they don't scale to the size actual economies operate on. /soapbox

[ShinMaruku]

Finally somebody who gets it.
Nice commentary on the JcPenny effect.

[CupOfCoffee]

Pffft, even M. Night Shyamalan knows the answer to this poll.

[Volcompat321]

When it comes to the $560 million that Florida had, yes, I'd take the lump some.

Half of a shit load, is still a shit load.

[ShinMaruku]

When it comes to the $560 million that Florida had, yes, I'd take the lump some.

Half of a shit load, is still a shit load.

You'd take 1 million over 11 million?

[BIG OLAF]

You'd take 1 million over 11 million?

Your comprehension skills aren't as sharp as you think they are, I see.

[ShinMaruku]

Your comprehension skills aren't as sharp as you think they are, I see.

Nope just what you are saying is irrelevant.

[Kent]

...So it takes 31 days for the 1 cent to double? :wacko:

[NoiseHERO]

You're all terrible people who aren't getting a dime.

[Cyron Tanryoku]

Option 5
I have all the money in the world

[ShinMaruku]

You're all terrible people who aren't getting a dime.

Does the time turn into 2 dimes or 4?

[shagia]

Pffft, even M. Night Shyamalan knows the answer to this poll.

all he'd do is just turn this poll into a full length movie :S

[NoiseHERO]

Does the time turn into 2 dimes or 4?

You get nothing!

Good day sir!

[ShinMaruku]

You get nothing!

Good day sir!

No I get everything. I practice realism. :E

[BIG OLAF]

For someone who 'practices Realism', you seem to be lost in your own little fantasy world an awful lot.

[NoiseHERO]

No I get everything. I practice realism. :E

ight u win

[ShinMaruku]

ight u win

When you can take it and nobody can stop you, you take it. That is realism.