[extropy-chat] Noisy future day (was: silent night)

[Harvey Newstrom]

On Dec 30, 2004, at 10:05 PM, Robin Hanson wrote:

> On 12/23/2004, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>>> It is already legal in the sense that if you spent a million dollars
>>> going through the usual hoops to lobby the CFTC you could do it.
>>
>> What about a non-market service that does something similar?  ...  
>> Anybody can sell research reports supporting a particular prediction. 
>>  ... All reports purchased through this website have a 
>> double-your-money-back guarantee. ...  Note that I am not a lawyer!  
>> But in my non-expert opinion, this is not betting or investing. ...
>
> In our society, it is the opinion of lawyers that counts when the 
> question is what acts are legal.

Agreed!  That is why I put my disclaimer that I am not a lawyer!

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Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com>
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