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I can't understand why everyone is so hung up on the precise definition of "being able to trade with random entries" means! Okay, so the guy's entries won't be 100% pure, unadulterated randomness. But it seems that's the only thing some of you are willing to settle for. (Btw, come on...

"What I'm "pinning" it on is that atheism simply makes it easier -- or "just as easy", if you like " Incorrect again. How can a LACK of belief make anything easier or more difficult? Atheism, ALONE, gives man no reason to kill, unlike religion. It is also not mutually exclusive with a...

The word was "inherent" value, axeman, inherent value. And it's quite true that by and large, most atheists do not. Again, that's beside the point. It is no more "patently false" for me to say that an atheist's beliefs and the constraints that these puts on the possible value systems he can...

Unbelievable! Simply unbelievable! Candle, you must have had a bad today or something. My guess is you're going to re-read this tomorrow and wish you could take a mulligan. This is all Harry posted in his OP: I attached a gif of today's P&L 09/03/03 at close of trading day. What I wanted...

But he may be constrained by his money management principles; and money management principles are central to his being able to turn in a profit. So really, it's not necessary for him to be able to trade 21,000 times a day. But look, even if he was required to be able to trade as you state...

You're putting word into my mouth. Let's not play games here. I was addressing was your equally empty assertion that atheists value life "far more" than theists. All I wanted to say was that I could just as easily assert -- with, give or take, the same flimsy supporting argument you made...

What I'm "pinning" it on is that atheism simply makes it easier -- or "just as easy", if you like -- to justify killing, because for the atheist there isn't any real sense of morality, it's only a piddly little emotion that he can, in time anyway, easily overcome. And to the extent that...

I wasn't addressing correlation though. Just pointing out that clear atheists -- as were the entire Soviet and Chinese power structures -- had no apparent qualms with killing 'innocents'. I'm not saying that they killed because their atheism demanded it -- cleary atheism doesn't demand...

Lol. That is just ridiculous. How does someone with a worrying psychological craving for controlling every single thread manage to become a moderator of the Psychology forum when he himself is a prime candidate for its services?

So okay then brainiac, point out the holes. (Unless you think you just did, in which case I'm about to get the biggest laugh I've had all day -- and I've been laughing a lot today.)

Lmao. I must admit, nearly half the reason I read ET is because I get so many great laughs out of it! :D Seriously though, surf, would it be possible for you to briefly summarize what Davis is getting at? I'm not having you on, I'm certainly not averse to this kind of "stuff".

Come on axe, you can do better than that. I'm sure you're well aware that atheists are united by nothing more than a common non-belief in gods; beyond that they come in all shapes and sizes. You only need to look at the atheist wonderlands of communist Russia and China to see how much life was...

Actually, I think it's a pretty good argument. At least my version of it is: Pascal's Wager Revisited. In short: There is the option to positively believe in a deity or not to. (There could be a middleground of 'agnosticism', but for our purposes we can consider that that does not...

Kerry would obviously present a better challenge to Bush in the presidentials but it doesn't look like he'll win their candidacy. Fox sure seems determined to make sure he doesn't.

Candletrader, I'm not sure you can trust the poll's numbers. To me, your opening post sounded as though you were asking what percentage of my account is exposed at any one time. That could be a reason why you're getting a lot of responses over the 5% figure.

axeman, I don't disagree with much of what you say (in these latest rounds of this thread), but at least you could admit that many people (laymen) have learnt to simply uncritically accept the scientific verdict on any and all issues as final and unchallengable; in other words, on faith. Of...

Yeah, I think Stu and axeman are going to just love that one! :) To be honest, I only made it a third of the way through that. I just find it too painful reading something when I can't make out what the point of it is supposed to be. Maybe you could put rule #4 from the 48 Laws of Power...

Hey there, Ernie. I thought it was about time to check out what all the fuss about you has been about. All in all, I don't see what the critics are crying foul about. I think that's one hell of a performance you've put in. Though I might hestitate to call you a "trader", at least in the...

Wow, this gal's got power! She's even allowed to invent her own words! There were few here more opposed to the war in Iraq than me, but I've got to say that that article sure could use a bit of hardcore debunking. Just one thing though, is she the left's answer to Anne Coulter, or is Anne...

I notice you keep harping on about the "random" entries talked about here not "really" being random. Even though it is abundantly clear to everyone that the argument isn't so much over what is random as it is about whether entering the market near randomly, haphazardly, chaotically...