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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 28 May \ parent \ on: Predicting the Sharps: Adam Iscoe Long Read on Prediction Market Traders the_stacker_muse BooksAndArticles econ

Why is looking at colors on a screen morally superior to testing your knowledge against reality?

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79 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan OP 28 May

Theatre isn't screen, but fine you said "movies." But yes, it is. (Insert considerations about art)

Also, nobody (but the handful of sharps, anyway) is testing whatever. They're playing, gambling, and since it's the opposite of creating, it's less moral than creating, etc etc.

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81 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 28 May

"Creating" smuggles in the assumption that one is valuable and the other isn't, otherwise they'd both be creating or neither would be. Also, wtf is art and isn't it worthless in the digital era anyway?

People do enjoy testing their knowledge. That's why sports betting is so popular and why lots of people prefer it to games of pure chance.

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