I would like to share experiences and questions

[Sanity Check]

What are good professions for those who lean towards being know-it-alls.

 

Two career options I considered were stock / options trading and sports gambling.

 

For those interested in being right about things more than average. Who do not mind spending hours breaking down minutiae of events frame by frame. 

 

Picking stock winners or winners in sports seemed like a good fit.

 

I signed up at a fantasy sports website called mma victor. They gave me a $5 sign up bonus for making an account. I got 1st or 2nd place in almost every game I played. Turned that $5 into almost $100. 

 

Then I suffered successes and failures and had to gain more experience, improve my self control and discipline.

 

Later I deposited about 0.07 bitcoin into a sports gambling website. In 6 to 12 months that 0.07 btc became 2.00 or 3.00 bitcoins for odd 30x gains.

 

By this point I had become what many speak about by few know anything about. A consistently winning gambler.

 

Then a strange thing happened. I bet on a sporting event. Selected the athlete who naturally should have won by decision. Instead judges offered a verdict that the loser had in fact, won instead.

 

This happened successively, on every athlete I wagered a bet on. Over a span of about 6 years leading up to today.

 

Almost as if someone had rigged the game against me.

 

Rigged the game and life against me to a point where chances of success were zero. And defeat had become the only option.

 

...

 

Not the most interesting or relevant story perhaps.

 

But this is where things get interesting.

 

Earlier in 2024 I saw footage of the attempt on Donald Trump's life.

 

"It was almost as if the universe and cosmic forces had conspired to rig events against the shooter".

 

"To a point where the bullet missing its intended target and failure had become the only option."

 

If someone asked if I would trade the millions of dollars I probably would have made gambling over the past 6 years for Trump's life.

 

I would have to say Trump's life is more valuable.

 

Those involved with magic and the occult typically being fond of "as above so below" methodologies. 

 

And there being no shortage of smart people on the internet with an excess of smart comments.

 

I would be interested to read such things if anyone would care to offer them.

[Daniel]

12 hours ago, Sanity Check said:

What are good professions for those who lean towards being know-it-alls.

 

Gut response?

 

Attorney or Accountant ( self-employed )

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

12 hours ago, Sanity Check said:

Two career options I considered were stock / options trading and sports gambling.

If you want to succeed in stocks, going in to politics is way more profitable than an education and working at Wall Street

 

But you are without a doubt  correct in that the game is rigged. Have this absolutely clear: betting and gambling companies offer their services because, in the long term, they always win. Maybe a very small amount of people are able to beat it without cheating, but the companies will then simply ban you.

 

Likewise, if you hire an investor to invest your money, they earn their income with fees they charge you, not their ability to invest wisely (for the most part).