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Comment by scoofy

5 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fooled_by_Randomness

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Dylan16807  37 minutes ago

Predicting real events is significantly random which makes it like gambling, but the ability to influence events makes it unlike gambling.

Just calling it gambling emphasizes the former problem while dismissing the latter problem.

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