Non-inherited huge wealth is as possible/likely as heat flowing from cold body to hot one. It's sad that people are trying to argue against it.
@amiloradovsky we have fridges and air conditioners
@newt oh, I meant closed systems
@amiloradovsky economy isn’t a closed system either. Neither it is a zero sum game.
@newt Indeed economy is not. The point of the comparison was that though theoretically it's possible the probability is so small that we practically call this impossible. Just like in the case of reversed heat flow.
Believing in self-made billionaires is like refusing to accept the second law of thermodynamics.
WRT games, yes, not all of them are 0-sum, some are negative-sum~
Believing in self-made billionaires is like refusing to accept the second law of thermodynamics.
WRT games, yes, not all of them are 0-sum, some are negative-sum~
@amiloradovsky the odds of any given person to acquire that wealth is negligible. But there’s a lot of people, so it’s only bound to happen. And I’d say, the odds are greater than spontaneously reversing entropy in a given patch of space.
@newt yes, winning a lottery, not self-made
there are only 7 billion people, less considering age groups, and both are incomparable to Avogadro number — theoretically this should make rare events more likely, but still
there are only 7 billion people, less considering age groups, and both are incomparable to Avogadro number — theoretically this should make rare events more likely, but still
@amiloradovsky not exactly. Lottery requires luck and maybe 20 bucks or how much a ticket costs. Becoming a billionaire requires both luck and talent. Arguably, it’s worse.
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@newt @amiloradovsky otoh, lottery has strictly negative net expected value for the buyer (on the pain of being unsustainable and/or non-interesting to organize for the seller).
Lots of business crash and burn, but at least a negative outcome isn't guaranteed.
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@dpwiz @amiloradovsky in this argument, it doesn't matter. But also, failed business is lost time and missed opportunities, so there's a negative for you.
