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Why apologize? Noone's robbing anyone here. If it's legal, it's legal.
by AznHisoka 15y ago
Why apologize? Noone's robbing anyone here. If it's legal, it's legal.
- burgerbrain 15y agoAre you suggesting that people should only apologize for things that are illegal?
- kaonashi 15y agoSo it's not possible, in your opinion, for something to be both legal and unethical?
- haberman 15y agoYou have just admitted to not even reading the first paragraph of the article, in which he explains his meaning of the word "apology."
- sophacles 15y agoLegal and Ethical are two different things. Confounding both, in the eyes of people is Understanding. It may be legal to something, but unethical. It may be ethical to do something, but illegal. There are many examples of both. The reason for this article is apparently to spread understanding amongst people who think it's unethical to do HFT, but may not understand what HFT does and how it works. By writing this article, he is hoping to convince - via understanding - people that HFT is also ethical.
- jreeve 15y agoThe first sentence in the article: "About the title Many people were misled by it, and this wasn’t my intention. I was merely alluding to the book by Hardy, A Mathematician’s Apology, which spent time explaining and justifying his life as a mathematician. (Hardy, in turn, was alluding to the Apology of Socrates. It’s an apology in the classical sense (an intellectual justification), not an expression of remorse. My mistake - as a math geek, it’s easy for me to forget that most people have never heard of Hardy." "Apology" doesn't necessarily imply remorse, just explication.
- nick_urban 15y agoBetween Socrates and Hardy lies is a long tradition of "Apologetics", the intellectual defense of beliefs or actions (especially religious ones). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetics
- carbocation 15y agoIt's an apologia rather than an apology.
- rauljara 15y agoI can't speak for everyone, but you are probably being downvoted for two reasons: 1) Apologia does not meet "I'm sorry". Read the first few sentences of the article for an explanation. 2) I shudder to think of a world where everyone felt the only criteria for whether it was all right to do something was legality. We should all be grateful that most people don't go through life with that mindset.
- AznHisoka 15y agoI knew what he meant by apology - it was an explanation on why HFT is not unethical. However, I felt writing such an essay showed the author is insecure and has doubts about his profession.
- kylemaxwell 15y agoIt's an intellectual, not ethical, defense, as he explains in the second paragraph. His defense has nothing to do with remorse and everything to do with helping people understand the concepts so they can participate in an informed debate.