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Originally Posted by TheStrumps
That's funny because this thread is full of those who claim online poker is as fair as it gets, well most probably it is but having few slight concerns won't hurt nobody.
No. You're making the riggie mistake of interpreting someone's refutation of a rigged theory as meaning they are saying "online poker is as fair as it gets". It isn't. I can refute 100 people with their theories of why they think online poker is rigged, while still not saying that I know online poker is definitely fair.
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Originally Posted by TheStrumps
Calling people names is bullying and there is at least one einstein here that has been doing it over and over through the years.
No, it's not. But that does seem to be the way a lot of people like to incorrectly use the term.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullying
": abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone stronger, more powerful, etc. : the actions and behavior of a bully"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying
"Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception, by the bully or by others, of an imbalance of social or physical power, which distinguishes bullying from conflict."
Where's the imbalance of power? There isn't one. Strangers calling other strangers names online isn't bullying - it's conflict.
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Originally Posted by TheStrumps
The attitude of people with a huge ego and a big conceit makes me think they need to be told to calm down and try to be constructive.
More assumptions, this time about ego and conceit. But sure, the comment to be more constructive is fair.
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Originally Posted by TheStrumps
"The chance we are not living in a computer simulation is one in billions" (quoting exact words)
Ofcourse just because some claim so does not mean it could be. The University of Michigan is testing the idea and a swath of technologists and phycicists believe that the theory will be proved.
Just so you know, you're free to link where it comes from.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-a7060941.html
I'd need to know more about this; from what he said, I'm not buying it. But it would be a very interesting conversation.
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This piece of advice makes no sense to me as regardless of life being or not being a simulation I will keep playing poker, I will go through life enjoying it (never said I wouldn't). And ofcourse I will keep being worried about the integrity of the game that I love the most, so there is the point.
Well, I'm not positive what your point was of bringing life being a simulation into the conversation in the first place. You seemed to suggest that it means that the online poker shuffle could be a simulation of a real and fair shuffle - I assumed you were suggesting that somehow allows for an undetectable rig that wouldn't be possible in the real world. And I'm saying if that's possible, what's the point in worrying about it? What am I going to do about a simulated world where I can be screwed with no way of proving it? Might as well go along with it and enjoy the ride.