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My theory: many of those people have heard about Bitcoin early enough that they would've made some money on it by now. Psychological self defense finds a rationalization not to feel guilty about it.

Of course there's completely no reason to feel bad, it's a risky bet and one could just as well think about what fantastic sports bets he could have done in the past years.

Plus, without thorough technical understanding, quite a lot of trust is involved in believing that it can actually work.