Eugine_Nier comments on Rationality Quotes August 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 06 August 2013 03:43:55AM 1 point [-]

Fund raising for new ventures does this a lot, raising money for many sorts of investment at the retail level is largely an effort of telling good stories not particularly supported by statistical fact.

At least in investing the people listening to the stories eventually find out whether their investment went sour.