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It's possible I didn't know the difference between winning and losing and it was an attribution error. My experience with people in business who lie about data
by motohagiography 6y ago
It's possible I didn't know the difference between winning and losing and it was an attribution error. My experience with people in business who lie about data and bullshit about crypto suggested even though the players were way more experienced, they could be persuaded they needed to be cautious by someone with a "deeper" background.
Anyway, I ended up splitting the pot in that tournament, so lucky for sure, and maybe the guy I split it with was so good he could use a beginner at the table against the others as a shield, but in a game of confidence and perceptions, bringing in data points nobody else has is destabilizing.
- mewpmewp2 6y agoI've got to call bullshit on this as well. No one is going to lose confidence due to something like that and results of one game with small crowd are very luck dependant. It feels like you won at roulette and are attributing your win to something genius you think you did.
- motohagiography 6y agoPlausible, with the slight exception it was on purpose, and breaking peoples balls on their mystical folk understandings of why they think they're good is very much a competitive strategy. See sports psychology for examples. The way to bullshit a bullshitter is to seize the initiative and give them an out where they save face. Nothing brilliant, but it's funny, and standard in sales. A bit of charisma goes a long way. I've absolutely been the mark in other situations, but that one, I thought it was intentional enough to share.:)