She moved toward the door.

However, you have to realize that you should measure the costs and payoffs in utilons, not in dollars. $1 is almost infinitesimally small (in utilons), while $1M payoff is huge - it is perfectly rational to buy the ticket.

But he didn't read books; he only oversaw, or undersaw, the niggling details of their mass production.

Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.