Why bet only imaginary money? (wasRe:[extropy-chat]SETI:Firstradiosignal from alien)

[Chris Hibbert]

> OK I recall now that several years ago there was a meme
> on play money IFX that someone would invent a real money
> IFX.  The price went up until I noticed it had been
> retired at true.  I never heard who was running it.
> My memory of that had gone dim.  Growing old is
> hell.  But now that I think about it, the opposite,
> aging in reverse, might be bad too: you would forget
> the stuff that you learned as you grew older.  You would
> get less wise, would become poorer in most cases, and I can
> imagine going thru puberty in reverse would be a
> major letdown. 

Growing old is indeed hell.  You *have* forgotten the stuff you once 
might have known.

The claim $vIF ("Real money version of Idea Futures before 1/1/2000") 
closed at 0.  There were no publicly accessible versions of Idea Futures 
at the time the claim closed.

http://www.ideosphere.com/fx-bin/Claim?claim=$vIF

There are now several gambling sites using the IF ideas, but they mostly 
offer the opportunity to bet on sports or election claims.  Nothing 
futuristic, and nothing long term.

Chris
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