来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：博弈论 第20集 第20集》
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Somebody said it.有人说了 -
Say it again. Say it loudly.再说一次 大声一点 -
Sunk cost.沉没成本 -
It's a sunk cost.是沉没成本 -
So all of those costs所以随着博弈进行下去 -
that you accumulate as the game goes on,所逐渐累计的成本 -
they're irrelevant looking forward because they're sunk.因为它们沉没了 在之后便变成无关 -
The fact I've played this game for ten periods事实上这博弈我进行了十次 -
and hence lost ten times $.75--并损失了十次75美分 -
which even I can do, that's $7.50--加起来也就是7美元50美分 -
the fact that I've lost $7.50即事实上我损失的7美元50美分 -
is irrelevant已经变得无关