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I imagine the odds of winning the lottery, as low as they are, are significantly higher than Buffet giving you $300M. It's not deceiving yourself to recognize

• Chathamization 9y ago
  Not sure why you think it would be 0%; people have stumbled across $15 million Pollock paintings by accident[1]. William Durkin happened to be at the right place at the right time to save Howard Hughe's life, and it looks like he was at least offered money afterwards[2]. There's plenty of other stories where something extremely unlikely happens and someone gets rich. The likelihood of winning the Powerball is something like 0.000000005%. Not sure what the odds are of these other unlikely events, but even if they're less likely - you really think someone is able to daydream about a 0.000000005% chance but not a 0.000000000005% chance? [1] http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/us/lost-jackson-pollock-painting-garage-trnd/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/us/lost-jackson-pollock-painti... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#Near-fatal_crash_of_the_XF-11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#Near-fatal_crash...
  • auntienomen 9y ago
    The kind of fantasy you're describing isn't an equivalent good. People buying lotto tickets are fantasizing, amongst other things, on not being dependent on the largesse of others.