[ExI] Status as human motivator

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Wed Apr 27 10:13:46 UTC 2011


On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:47:56AM +0200, Jones Murphy wrote:
> Why stock up on popcorn? Why not borrow stocks you believe to be

You are very easy to troll.

> overvalued, sell them at these inflated prices and make long term
> short bets, and profit from your wisdom and insight?

Because shorting is based on exact predictions. And markets
have remained irrational far beyond to make you lose your 
shorts. But you know that, of course.

And of course there's the slight problem of cashing in the
plastic chips after Monte Carlo has closed its doors for good.

No, I don't own any physical metals.



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