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Can't explain that...

by ftyers 4y ago

PaulHoule 4y ago
Isn't much to explain. It's the way it is and it conditions how I feel about it. Normal people think "risk" is you buy a stock and then it get announced some Friday evening after the market closes that the CEO was a crook. It opens on Monday at 7% at what it was worth Friday and it is down from there. That kind of risk revolves around the fear of some distinct event. Hedge fund people think that "risk" is something like Brownian motion that has an upward bias in terms of return. The whole reason you buy stocks is because you want to get exposed to that "risk" so you get the reward that comes with it. If the stock goes up 3x tomorrow that is "risk" too, particularly if you are shorting it! https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/28/market-fluctuate/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/28/market-fluctuate/
- cercatrova 4y ago
  They're referencing a meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bill-oreilly-you-cant-explain-that https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bill-oreilly-you-cant-explain...
  - PaulHoule 4y ago
    I am writing a sci-fi story about some astronauts who visit a planet that used to have intelligent life that invented memes... Then the planet still had life but no intelligence.
    - cercatrova 4y ago
      The plot seems unrealistic then, based on human history, at least as portrayed through the book Sapiens. The author notes that it is through the memetic exchange of ideas that we created civilizations and took over the planet.
      - PaulHoule 4y ago
        To be specific I'm talking about those image memes. "Memes" as an explanation for the collective software of the human species is not such a bad idea. Here is some art, music and poetry by Burroughs and Anderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvOoR8m0oms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvOoR8m0oms
    - greenie_beans 4y ago
      memes are great. it's cool how memes create their own symbols and shift language and communication. i'm no linguist and know nothing about the field, but it's like memes create their own symbols to explain things/are derivative of other memes, and you've gotta be able to speak the language to understand it. it's like watching evolution in real time.
  - reducesuffering 4y ago
    It's origin is because Bill O'Reilly's explanation for why God exists is because the tide goes in and out like clockwork, and can't be explained? JFC

Can't explain that...

by ftyers 4y ago

Can't explain that...

Isn't much to explain. It's the way it is and it conditions how I feel about it. Normal people think "risk" is you buy a stock and then it get announced some Friday evening after the market closes that the CEO was a crook. It opens on Monday at 7% at what it was worth Friday and it is down from there. That kind of risk revolves around the fear of some distinct event. Hedge fund people think that "risk" is something like Brownian motion that has an upward bias in terms of return. The whole reason you buy stocks is because you want to get exposed to that "risk" so you get the reward that comes with it. If the stock goes up 3x tomorrow that is "risk" too, particularly if you are shorting it! https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/28/market-fluctuate/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/28/market-fluctuate/

cercatrova 4y ago
They're referencing a meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bill-oreilly-you-cant-explain-that https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bill-oreilly-you-cant-explain...
- PaulHoule 4y ago
  I am writing a sci-fi story about some astronauts who visit a planet that used to have intelligent life that invented memes... Then the planet still had life but no intelligence.
  - cercatrova 4y ago
    The plot seems unrealistic then, based on human history, at least as portrayed through the book Sapiens. The author notes that it is through the memetic exchange of ideas that we created civilizations and took over the planet.
    - PaulHoule 4y ago
      To be specific I'm talking about those image memes. "Memes" as an explanation for the collective software of the human species is not such a bad idea. Here is some art, music and poetry by Burroughs and Anderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvOoR8m0oms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvOoR8m0oms
  - greenie_beans 4y ago
    memes are great. it's cool how memes create their own symbols and shift language and communication. i'm no linguist and know nothing about the field, but it's like memes create their own symbols to explain things/are derivative of other memes, and you've gotta be able to speak the language to understand it. it's like watching evolution in real time.
- reducesuffering 4y ago
  It's origin is because Bill O'Reilly's explanation for why God exists is because the tide goes in and out like clockwork, and can't be explained? JFC