SoftBank expects $24B in losses from Vision Fund, WeWork and OneWeb

Re:SoftBank expects $24B in losses from Vision Fund, WeWork ... by freddie_mercury on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:46PM (#22873212)

The irony of complaining about someone else generalizing from one example and trying to disprove it by...generalizing from one example.

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Re:SoftBank expects $24B in losses from Vision Fund, WeWork ... by ericjang on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:06PM (#22873362)

It was a proof by contradiction, I think. One example is sufficient to make the point that success is not impossible.

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Re:SoftBank expects $24B in losses from Vision Fund, WeWork ... by graeme on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @10:33AM (#22878153)

Precisely. The person I replied to said that it was always luck.

A single datapoint can't prove a general claim. But a single counterpoint can disprove a claim.

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Re:SoftBank expects $24B in losses from Vision Fund, WeWork ... by waddlesworth on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @09:27PM (#22885174)

Appreciate your luck, not your ego, you won't make as many stupid decisions that way.

It could be argued that Warren Buffet does exactly this.

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