Originally Posted by Bob21 View Post
When I was reading Ed Thorpe’s book “A man for all markets” and I got to the chapter where he was trying to relate math for blackjack to math for the stock market, I couldn’t even get through the chapter. I put the book down and never picked it up again. I’m sure Mr. Thorpe is a fairly intelligent person. But this is stupid to the nth degree.
The man's name is Thorp, not Thorpe. If you are going to imply the man doesn't know what he is talking about at least get his name right. So it is stupid stuff to the nth degree hun? Yeah, to the tune of $800 million dollars. That is what Thorp is worth and that came from applying his mathematical theories in the stock market.

Are you aware that Thorp didn't make any real money playing blackjack. His interest was strictly about the math. He proved some of his theories by playing $1 blackjack with silver coins, proving it wasn't about the money for him. Apparently he didn't feel the same about the stock market as he used those theories to amass a fortune.

But stupid to the nth degree? Really? We all should be so stupid.