Re: Why does 2+2 call poker gambling?
Maybe there's something in using a word, or argument, that makes it clear:
- Certain forms of gambling, skill has little chance of affecting the outcome and almost no chance of changing a negative situation into a positive one.
- Other forms of gambling, such as our favorite card game, are where skill can change results, which are normally determined by mere odds/probability. You might have to fend off the craps sharpshooting crowd a bit....
I have NO idea what word to use for the second type of gambling, however....
We should also ban the term "luck" and talk about probability instead... but that's probably asking for too big a leap.
Sidebar- Can we reasonably consider stock market trading "gambling", or not (what exactly IS "hedging a market position")? What about insurance policies?
Is creating a new business not "gambling", when supposedly 80% fail in 5 years?
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