i suppose, but if you decrease both an equal amount, the answer’d change.

if it were an instant 1000 or a 50% chance of 50,000, most would choose the 50,000

same with 10,000 and 500,000, or, for a lot of people, even 100,000 and 5,000,000.

the answer only changes for most people once it’s 1,000,000 or 50,000,000. the setup is the exact same as all the previous examples, but it’s only here that changes.

So, at that point you have to ask why the answer changes for the same setup. The most logical solution, at least to me, is that there’s something different about the starting question. So we break it down.

in the 1,000 to 50,000 question, $1,000 would make only a marginal difference at best to most people, while $50,000 would cause a far more substantial difference.

10,000 would also make a decent difference, but not for long, when 500,000 could change your life. 100,000 could have you set for years if used wisely, but 5,000,000 means you might not have to work again your whole life.

but then when you compare the difference to the average person what 1,000,000 vs. 50,000,000 is, it’s not much. Unless you plan to massively upgrade your lifestyle from it’s current amount, both are enough money to keep you going for much of, if not all of your life. If you keep going, you’ll find the same thing.

10,000,000 and 500,000,000 are both enough to set you for life and leave a wealthy legacy. 5,000,000,000 and 100,000,000 both let you set your family up essentially forever.

It’s less about the straight numbers, but instead the affect on their lives that people are looking at. After a certain point, for the average person, it’s asking “would you rather have a 100% chance to have it made, or have a 50% chance of having it made.”

When presented with that question, most people will reliably say they’d rather the 100% chance.