From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sun Jun 15 2003 - 09:40:49 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 5:11 AM
Subject: Re: Investing
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> > Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
> >
> >> ### Specifically, if the distribution of gains is not the normal curve
> >> (the
> >> function of the number of traders plotted against the gains they
> >> make), but
> >> shows a skew, or a secondary peak, this would be strong evidence for
the
> >> existence of traders who really know better than others.
> >
> > Normal or Pareto?
>
> Hm... on further reflection, shouldn't it be log-normal?
>
>
### Say more?
Rafal
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