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by volemo 72 days ago
I don’t think my friend would claim to be smart (and not I’m not talking about myself in third person to sound more convincingly, I have a real las in mind). I say they are. I saw them in a day to day work and they are both more knowledgeable and more productive than I am. It’s being put on the spot, with high stakes and limited time, they had a difficulty with.

> there's plenty of ways to structure things to avoid this

Sure, I was arguing specifically against GGP’s solution, i.e. betting everything on the finals.