I know that you removed the $1000 in that case. But what is the general algorithm or rule that causes you to remove the $1000? What if the hospital cost $999 if you chose $1 or $1000 otherwise.
I guess it seems to me that once you’ve removed the $1000 you’ve removed the challenging element of the problem, so solving it doesn’t count for very much.
I know that you removed the $1000 in that case. But what is the general algorithm or rule that causes you to remove the $1000? What if the hospital cost $999 if you chose $1 or $1000 otherwise.
I guess it seems to me that once you’ve removed the $1000 you’ve removed the challenging element of the problem, so solving it doesn’t count for very much.
Let’s try to back up a bit. What, in your mind, does the sentence
mean observationally? What does the agent intend to do and what does actually happen?