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Idea: Build a profit generating company, which will accelerate fast and go far. Which will be very optimal at this goal.
That's not impossible Thomas.
Sorry. I didn't realize you really want to do the impossible. Good luck!
I thought you want to do something "nearly impossible", what a big money generator is. If you don't agree, if you think that's easy, set the constrains high enough. Like 10^12 USD of profit in 5 years. For example.
Okay, I see now that the wording you used just kind of vague. Now that you've added some numbers, it does look impossible. I think there's a difference between impossible and ridiculous, though - for instance, to make every dollar on planet earth in five years would just be ridiculous. Someone has to figure out where the line is - what monetary amount defines the boundary between possible and impossible on this, do you think?
Also, do you want to expand on your idea, or are you ditching it?
Establish a predictioning firm that accurate, that you will be able to cash in all over the Wall street, London City, Frankfurt and so on.
All you need is a great prediction.
I consider this idea as old and obvious, but worth to accomplish. And not entirely impossible.
Ah. Thank you for supporting my point (in the intro, which I just re-wrote) that we don't have good ways to prove that impossible things are impossible. I doubt you meant to do this, but if you think about it, I think you'll see that you did. (:
So, with the assumption in mind that impossibility is subjective and unproven, what monetary goal do you predict most people would FEEL a sense of "impossibility" about? Or, if you'd rather, what goal would YOU feel a sense of impossibility about?
That's what we need in order to make the idea above into an impossible one. (:
Any suggestions on my new introduction?