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There's betting markets on this, aren't there? The super cynical take is that the original scientists know that it's a fraud but in the lead up to it being prov
by bibabaloo 3y ago
There's betting markets on this, aren't there? The super cynical take is that the original scientists know that it's a fraud but in the lead up to it being proven as fraud can make a lot of money before coming out and saying "sorry, we messed up, experimental errors etc etc"
- AYBABTME 3y agoHow are they going to make money with this? A few weeks of buzz isn't going to make anyone rich. It's not like they're going for some product placement along with the buzz.
- mrtranscendence 3y agoI guess they could bet heavily against themselves, try to get prediction markets to coalesce around the result being genuine, them come out saying "oops, we were mistaken"? Bam, rich!