• HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    No matter how much Polymarket pretends to be against this, it’s exactly how it’s supposed to work.

    I know people call it glorified betting, and a ton of it is…but you can’t deny the reality that an anonymous crypto based being system is bound to be one of the best predictors of major events. For exactly the reason that insiders will inevitably find a way to make money off their knowledge.

    Everyone gets their panties in a bunch about it, but I find it a fascinating experiment on manipulating greed.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout

    According to Victor Marchetti, a former special assistant to the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a limited hangout is “spy jargon for a favorite and frequently used gimmick of the clandestine professionals. When their veil of secrecy is shredded and they can no longer rely on a phony cover story to misinform the public, they resort to admitting—sometimes even volunteering—some of the truth while still managing to withhold the key and damaging facts in the case. The public, however, is usually so intrigued by the new information that it never thinks to pursue the matter further”.

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      Yep, I was thinking something along these lines. This guy is a patsy, someone else placed that bet.