tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post2361788436792630757..comments2024-03-18T15:42:43.140+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: The costs of everything... a continuing series.Eric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-79135231379358727572013-02-05T22:06:00.634+13:002013-02-05T22:06:00.634+13:00It would be fun to come up with some lowball figur...It would be fun to come up with some lowball figure on the maximum amount of sex that could be consistent with rationality and quote Comic Book Guy's citing of the Vulcans.... All sex in excess of once per seven years is irrational and without benefit. And earnest descriptions of the irrational spending on implements to assist with this irrational sexual activity...Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-74509514697960758532013-02-05T22:01:33.795+13:002013-02-05T22:01:33.795+13:00I probably am more looking for excuses not to do i...I probably am more looking for excuses not to do it... it would take a bit of work.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-24698034587663923572013-02-05T18:35:51.669+13:002013-02-05T18:35:51.669+13:00Oh, you think it might end up in the hands of peop...Oh, you think it might end up in the hands of people who don't get it, or don't want to get it? Maybe some funny drawings ("firgures") might help.churchofrationalitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-48133446337061801822013-02-05T12:20:06.318+13:002013-02-05T12:20:06.318+13:00There was zero risk that calls for RCT trials on p...There was zero risk that calls for RCT trials on parachutes would yield a control group. A big number on the social cost of sex has some low risk of bad outcomes though, even if its author explicitly says the number is smelly.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-32786158309623914392013-02-05T10:00:46.276+13:002013-02-05T10:00:46.276+13:00"I suppose a study tallying the costs of sex,..."I suppose a study tallying the costs of sex, under an assumption that there'd be no loss of consumer surplus were it abolished, could be just the thing to make the whole "Costs of X" industry finally die of shame."<br /><br />I suppose you've just given yourself an excellent idea for your next paper. It could be amusing and make a serious point at the same time, in the tradition of "The economics of brushing teeth" and that medical paper on the absence of randomized controlled trials of the use of parachutes. They get cited quite a bit, too.churchofrationalitynoreply@blogger.com