http://www.matthewvb.me/2010/04/21/google-strikes-again-dum-dum-dum/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.matthewvb.me/2010/04/21/google-strikes-again-dum-dum-dum/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Courtney Brown Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:53:46 +0000 http://www.blog.webtomic.com/?p=207#comment-108 I'll echo Brian's comment that I was intruiged by your statement about "pushing that belief to come true". Very interesting idea. I still can't get over the fact that no one at Google cared about the monetary prizes; they just wanted the t-shirts! In that case, I'd like all their names and email addresses to profit off of the 50+ t-shirsts I've accumulated from various events over the years. I’ll echo Brian’s comment that I was intruiged by your statement about “pushing that belief to come true”. Very interesting idea. I still can’t get over the fact that no one at Google cared about the monetary prizes; they just wanted the t-shirts! In that case, I’d like all their names and email addresses to profit off of the 50+ t-shirsts I’ve accumulated from various events over the years.

]]> http://www.matthewvb.me/2010/04/21/google-strikes-again-dum-dum-dum/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Brian Beckowski Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:07:24 +0000 http://www.blog.webtomic.com/?p=207#comment-107 Some good comments there Matthew. I especially like what you've written about people pushing actions in order to create an outcome they felt would occur. This kinda takes away the whole randomness of the universe idea and allows a group of people to have a form of ESP, or some other alien type ability. Perhaps a prediction market with a large number of users is the best way to predict the future in the end. I guess I'll have to stop seeing the fortune teller at the local carnival now.... Some good comments there Matthew. I especially like what you’ve written about people pushing actions in order to create an outcome they felt would occur. This kinda takes away the whole randomness of the universe idea and allows a group of people to have a form of ESP, or some other alien type ability. Perhaps a prediction market with a large number of users is the best way to predict the future in the end. I guess I’ll have to stop seeing the fortune teller at the local carnival now….

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