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The Adventurer · 07-09-2007, 03:31 PM

So you say that it is a contest - who has best mastered LoA? Because one can only make a profit at the expense of others.

I knew someone would come with this argument and that's why I added "(at least some, for example me)"

I buy tickets sometimes, and I do it with the idea that I have a 1:~14 000 000 for example in the 6/49 game. I don't think that I will win in this lifetime, but looking at it theoretically, given 14000000 lifetimes in which I buy a ticket, in the 13999999 that I do not win, the money I spend will not impact my life in a qualitative way - I will eat one ice cream less let's say. However, in the one that I do I will be able to freely pursue many dreams. In other words I look at the lottery as an account in which I can put money over lifetimes (I don't believe in that but from a theoretical point of view it doesn't matter whether they exist) and I will withdraw them in one, and that for this service I have to pay a charge, which I find fair.

By no means that I am aware of I try to use LoA. So if you say that I do nevertheless, how is this different from a rapist saying in court that the woman he raped wanted it even if she was not consciously aware of it? (Apologies for the analogy, but it illustrates the point well.)

07-09-2007, 03:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
The Adventurer Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 24	So you say that it is a contest - who has best mastered LoA? Because one can only make a profit at the expense of others. I knew someone would come with this argument and that's why I added "(at least some, for example me)" I buy tickets sometimes, and I do it with the idea that I have a 1:~14 000 000 for example in the 6/49 game. I don't think that I will win in this lifetime, but looking at it theoretically, given 14000000 lifetimes in which I buy a ticket, in the 13999999 that I do not win, the money I spend will not impact my life in a qualitative way - I will eat one ice cream less let's say. However, in the one that I do I will be able to freely pursue many dreams. In other words I look at the lottery as an account in which I can put money over lifetimes (I don't believe in that but from a theoretical point of view it doesn't matter whether they exist) and I will withdraw them in one, and that for this service I have to pay a charge, which I find fair. By no means that I am aware of I try to use LoA. So if you say that I do nevertheless, how is this different from a rapist saying in court that the woman he raped wanted it even if she was not consciously aware of it? (Apologies for the analogy, but it illustrates the point well.)