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"For my future life of luxury I will have to find a lot of gold so I'm not gonna plant potatoes today." Boring, pointless potatoes.
by lolc 11y ago
"For my future life of luxury I will have to find a lot of gold so I'm not gonna plant potatoes today."
Boring, pointless potatoes.
- wapapaloobop 11y agoThat's a false analogy since farming potatoes is an existing technology.
- lolc 11y agoYou advocated forgoing research in a proven field for research in speculative fields. The analogy is about favoring prospecting over farming. In farming you can calculate an expected yield, in prospecting you don't know what you are going to find.