Lumifer comments on Rationality Quotes December 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 03 December 2013 03:14:08AM 0 points [-]

Can you think of any investor billionaires who seem to have become rich mostly by chance?

What exactly do you mean by "by chance"? I am quite sure that the subset of people who invest by consulting a high-quality random generator is pretty small.

Comment author: hyporational 03 December 2013 03:21:47AM *  0 points [-]

That we should probably ask from the quoted or the provider of the quote. If you can think of an interesting way to steelman it, please let me know.