Trust me, the behavioral research is more boring but shows, through the scientific method, that what you’re referring to is not trading, and that trading as we understand it is exclusive to the hominid lineage. I’m sorry, but this is scientifically proven. It’s not some YouTube professor stating that they saw it on some program and because the words “trading” were used in quotes it means trading or because it was part of a courting behavior it is therefore trading. It is good for ratings though which you have proven.
I just referred you to two studies that indeed are news articles but that based on conclusions from studies conducted by scientist and researches at their respective institution.
It took 10 secs to find, I am sure there is so much more out there… Saying there is no evidence, is just silly, there is definitely a case to be made, regardless if you want to agree or not.
It will always be with observational studies, since we cant actually speak with them.
Apes trade, deal with it.
It is however very interesting in how you continue to want to be right, though. Citing YouTube and the content on it as proof of the science is interesting as far as media influence on the scientific method and perception of information as factual when consumed through media. There is a lot of science going into this as we speak. It goes to show just how powerful media can be and what can be excluded for something to be accepted as material fact. But, I’m sorry, trading is still exclusive to hominids.
This is a very trivial matter to me, nothing I take too seriously lol… The videos are not empirical evidence as in a complete conclusion - but interesting and very indicative - a lot of it also comes down to definition.
Again its not just the videos, I just refereed you to two other studies and some of their observations.
Any observation regardless of format is not of no use, but it has to be taken into context and as you say studies and research have to make the foundation for the absolute proofs…
Personally, I would say it is highly unlikely that primates do not engage in trading (in simple and basic forms), very very unlikely.
If Charles and the Cardano team used observational science as a conclusion for Proof Of Stake, I’m sure many of us wouldn’t be here.
A: “Uh hey guys, this algorithm looks good. It looks nice and complex. Add a number there to make it look even more complex. Add some symbols too. There that looks good. Let’s ask some people. Hey you over there does this look like it can be hacked?”
B: “Yes”
A: Whispers… “OK Wait. Hey add some more numbers right there, a dot right there, put that complex division looking symbol right there and some small numbers on the big numbers and some other complex looking stuff.”
A: “What about now? “
B: “Um hell no. I don’t even understand that! It must be chaos math huh?
A: Yes, that’s what it is. Chaos math and those lines right there…that’s superstring theory incorporated into the model. We made it up to be unhackable because no one but us can understand how it was made. And to prove it, we’re going to make it open source. Now, with that being said, how about investing with us on our new coin?
There is a difference of importance of the matter, and the subject matter itself.
You cant actually speak with a Ape.
POS involves math
Sure. But for me, I wouldn’t invest if IOHK was using observational science or YouTube to build Cardano.
I mean youtube is just a video distribution platform… a outlet, the content itself, is the quality of the content itself… Its irrelevant where it is… Anyway, nice chat mate… See ya around.
What are your thoughts on Martin Armstrong?
I’m not really familiar with his work, but they all generally follow a similar template to Doug Casey. I like Doug and most of the people in the modern libertarian scene. Some of them understand crypto; some don’t, but they all advocate for precious metals as a hedge against inflation, which of course is wise. They also integrate various forms of technical and fundamental analysis into their posts to help short- and medium-term traders, which is useful if you’re actively trading.
I don’t actively trade anymore (just buy-and-hold mostly now); so, I don’t actively follow any of them anymore because they start becoming repetitive after a while. Once you understand the basic principles of inflation-hedging, the drivers of commodities markets, what geopolitical events are likely to impact commodities prices, and all the major historical events that have shaped the banking system we have today, there’s no point in wasting time reading their same ideas rehashed in different posts over and over again.
But for younger people who are still trying to make sense of the world, all those guys (probably Armstrong, too) are good sources of information to learn how markets generally work and how to avoid being fleeced by incompetent politicians.
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Martin Armstrong is a little bit different than others i.e. nation states and central banks get advice from him. He has a sophisticated model when it comes to capital flows, currency, and global trends in forecasting. He was actually put in jail for a long time because of his forecasting abilities. You should check him out and see if his “Economic Forecasting Model” which hasn’t been wrong to date is bs or not.
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@ADALove big questions in this thread are still to be answered that are of uttermost importance for the progress of Cardano…
Do Apes Trade?
America was build on HYPOCRISY and double standards (credits George Carling) " A banch of slave owners wanting to be free!"
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Wasn’t in the same day. The call was made until the next significant event. Math is a science. It takes days to come up with a value, and even then that number changes and the day values change. As such some assumptions are made and a general understanding of what an ‘event’ is not provided. Charles leaving is an event, you and I debating on a thread is a non event, Charles debating on a thread may be an event dependent on the topic. It is not possible to nail down every possible event which I’m sure you would agree.
What are you even talking about… are we back to apes?