~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C'punks, At 07:58 AM 4/23/96 -0700, James Donald wrote:

Yeah: fifty thousand dollars. Not that it makes the slightest difference.

On the extropians list a number of very large bets were made and accepted, but nobody ever paid up. (Or very few -- I know of no cases.)

As much as I like the Extropians, personally, they haven't got a clue how to implement practical social systems. It is trivial to set up a wagering system that works--and you don't need all the "polycentric" blah blah.

Now if Unicorn had proposed a bet for one hundred dollars, then I would sit up and take notice. A hundred dollars is real money. Fifty thousand dollars is hot air...

a) I proposed that a bet of $100 which Jim Bell ignored. That should have made you sit up and take notice. b) Unicorn has the 50Gs and I'm confident he would have paid up if necessary.

... Anybody who was serious about paying would not make such ridiculous bets.

This is a non-sequitor. Anyone serious about winning WOULD make such a bet. Do you really think that a legal scholar as good as Unicorn would just shoot from the hip without knowing he had it in the bag? S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~