I know a lot of people who I expect would answer ‘yes’ for a hundred thousand dollars when talking to me—maybe with a “depends on the person” caveat. A few for $1000. But $100? Yeah, not very many.
I suspect that threshold has more to do with the average level of wealth of my cohort than with our willingness to signal honesty.
A hundred thousand is a lot of money! I deserve lots of trite costless signalling points for saying I wouldn’t accept that offer. I’m holding out for a mil. Or at least a half! ;)
I suspect that threshold has more to do with the average level of wealth of my cohort than with our willingness to signal honesty.
I would simply not trust the person making the offer for 100$. How do they make the consequences go away? Surely that costs at least a few thousand, assuming we’re in a stable country. So why pay me so little? Besides the risk though, I don’t see why murder should be expensive. It’s not exactly complicated, assuming an unsuspecting civilian target. 100$ seems like a reasonable sum for the amount of work.
I know a lot of people who I expect would answer ‘yes’ for a hundred thousand dollars when talking to me—maybe with a “depends on the person” caveat. A few for $1000. But $100? Yeah, not very many.
I suspect that threshold has more to do with the average level of wealth of my cohort than with our willingness to signal honesty.
A hundred thousand is a lot of money! I deserve lots of trite costless signalling points for saying I wouldn’t accept that offer. I’m holding out for a mil. Or at least a half! ;)
I would simply not trust the person making the offer for 100$. How do they make the consequences go away? Surely that costs at least a few thousand, assuming we’re in a stable country. So why pay me so little? Besides the risk though, I don’t see why murder should be expensive. It’s not exactly complicated, assuming an unsuspecting civilian target. 100$ seems like a reasonable sum for the amount of work.