Who is this "we"?

You and...?

Well this was specifically about philosophy and the idea of "being right", not about "a person's aims".

It can result in confirmation bias, for one thing

Heh, you're getting downvoted to hell for simply not needing the newest thing 🤷‍♂️

Is that your logic? Just assuming?

Nonsense. Historically, a fraction of sports has been rigged.

I think you've made clear how you feel about cryptocurrency. I don't have any interest in trying to defend it. But that rap about building (an online) business in order to become a millionaire... you haven't seen the ads??

Anyway the comment I was responding to said "crypto, NFTs, stocks".

I think equalizing all investing with gambling is way over-simplified and inaccurate. The dynamics of it all as well as the skillsets required to succeed are way different.

Feel free to disagree, I don't mind.

Based on common sense, "most sports are rigged"? To what end?

Nah, that does not make any sense whatsoever.

I didn't know this was about ads.

But if that was the point, I'd like to point out that most of investing at large is not advertised at all.

You're absolutely right, though, about the probability of losing all your money if you don't know what you're doing. A lot like with enterpreneurship, for example...

I see. So it's just that investing = gambling 🤔

Rolling the dice? What is that an analogy for? I don't think most people invest at random. In fact I think very few do.

you missed the point, please read again

if crypto (or investing in stocks) is just "fancy gambling" because of the risks involved, couldn't you say the same about any method of making money? there is always a risk involved.

talking about ways of making money,

obviously

well following that line of thinking, what isn't

Based on what

Lucid dreaming while awake

Consciousness isn't comparable nor analogous to anything I can think of

Then it's a very, very, very, very, very quirky "by-product of a need for spatial awareness" indeed.

"Hubris" to think it is something special..? Maybe it would be hubris if we were taking credit for it or something, but obviously consciousness is "something special", kind of by definition. If it doesn't count as special, then I cannot imagine what does.