Re:White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weath...
by websiteapi on Saturday December 27, 2025 @05:55PM
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people who claim to know the winning lotto numbers but never buy tickets shouldn't be taken seriously =)
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Re:White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weath...
by saagarjha on Saturday December 27, 2025 @06:26PM
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You can have an opinion without financializing it.
Re:White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weath...
by websiteapi on Saturday December 27, 2025 @06:28PM
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of course - such claims just shouldn't be taken seriously.
Re:White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weath...
by saagarjha on Saturday December 27, 2025 @06:36PM
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Do you think people getting married are not serious because they fail to take out a bet on Polymarket for whether they will stay together?
Re:White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weath...
by websiteapi on Saturday December 27, 2025 @06:39PM
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your scenario here doesn't really make any sense. one you're conflating getting married with staying together. you could get married and then divorced. two, such a bet wouldn't make sense since it could easily be rigged (and indeed this is what happens with sports betting).
again, if someone says they know the winning lottery and they don't play, they're unserious. nearly impossible to rig, high payout - outcome is of interest to layperson.
Re:White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weath...
by saagarjha on Saturday December 27, 2025 @06:50PM
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The idea was that I figured you’d consider that some things are valuable in ways that don’t involve money. Unfortunately I think the conclusion here is that you actually truly believe that there is nothing that cannot be bet if a suitable market could be formed for it. Of course, I should have realized this, because by placing bets in general you are in fact taking a financial position in the concept of betting markets.