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A comment on Bank of America Patent Application #20140229239 – “Face Retirement Tool”.

Re:Bank of America Patent Application #20140229239 – “Face R... by RedLeg on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @10:48PM (#9456234)
Title is misleading. It's not a patent, rather it's a published patent application. But, yeah, it's dumb...
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Re:Bank of America Patent Application #20140229239 – “Face R... by mkoryak on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @11:15PM (#9456296)
why is it dumb? There has been studies about how people make better decisions about the future if they can see their future self, otherwise people treat their future self as "some other dude/gal".

as if your future self is "another person" that can deal with whatever happens, and its really not much of your concern.

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Re:Bank of America Patent Application #20140229239 – “Face R... by RedLeg on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @11:33PM (#9456350)
I respect your opinion and don't question the alleged research. But, I personally can't imagine being persuaded to invest in an IRA based on a gimmicky face aging tool. See aerovistae's above comment on the real world application.
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Re:Bank of America Patent Application #20140229239 – “Face R... by rrherr on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @11:22PM (#9456309)
"That's a problem for Future Homer. Man, I don't envy that guy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvvmT3ab80

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