| Grex > Agora41 > #181: So what do I get in 20 years for $1000 today? |
| So what do I get in 20 years for $1000 today? | 
May 14 04:05 UTC 2002 |
Here is an interesting site if you have $1000 or more to waste. very interesting discussions. http://www.longbets.org
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May 14 04:09 UTC 2002 |
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May 14 04:10 UTC 2002 |
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May 19 12:43 UTC 2002 |
Well, to play you have to donate $1000 to charity and write an essay justifying the scientific or societal importance of your bet. This is not a game Joe AOL is going to be playing a lot.
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May 19 18:36 UTC 2002 |
I like the one on "The universe will eventually stop expanding." which can
only be won when the universe reverses (if it never stops expanding the
bet is never won).
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May 19 21:43 UTC 2002 |
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May 20 01:09 UTC 2002 |
Balderdash. Please present what you consider would be a proof.
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May 20 01:23 UTC 2002 |
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May 20 01:30 UTC 2002 |
That is the argument in favor of expanding forever, but since we don't understand the underlying mechanism of that, we can say what might eventuate. Especially with the "dark matter" apparently accelerating the expansion - and we have little idea of what "dark matter" is. Even after you know all that, something else could show up that affects the very long term expansion, not feature of which we have detected in our very energetic universe.
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May 20 01:36 UTC 2002 |
Re #3: You also don't get the money if you win -- no matter who wins, the money goes to charity. So it's not really a 'bet' in the traditional sense, it's a charitable donation with the ability to have a brief public debate attached.
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May 20 01:49 UTC 2002 |
The charitable donation for the bet on the expansion of the universe will never be made. Wanna bet?
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May 20 02:05 UTC 2002 |
Not badly enough to put up $1000, but it *is* tempting. Talk about open-ended...