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This is a very tiresome argument that I have to continuously have with friends & family.

These days I just sit on the sidelines and watch people I care about throw money into raging infernos because they genuinely believe that a historical time series has some notion of inertia/momentum/hocus pocus/etc behind it.

After a certain point you have to stop trying to save other people from shitty ideas or you will drive yourself mad.




Reminds me of the nose and bean principle from consulting: https://archive.uie.com/brainsparks/2011/07/08/beans-and-nos...




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