Well, now I am confused again. You said I'm putting words in your mouth:

Originally Posted by redietz View Post
Alan, I appreciate your patience and evenhandedness with each of us on these forums, all of whom get shrill on occasion. But please don't put words in my mouth. I meant exactly what I said. Your paraphrasing was quite inaccurate. I said nothing about "destined." Bell curves preclude use of the word "destined." Some people playing negative expectation games will win. That's a fact. That fact is not in contradiction to the statement that people who know they are playing negative expectaion games are trying to lose, and people who train them to play those games are training them to lose.
I'm not trying to put words in your mouth redietz. This is the post I responded too. If this doesn't mean you are destined to lose, then what does it mean? Kindly explain how I should interpret and apply this phrase of yours:

Originally Posted by redietz View Post
If you're playing negative games, you are trying to lose. I don't know how else to put it. Either you have some delusional belief that you're blessed by God and laws of probability are for other folks, or you are trying to lose. If Dancer is teaching you how to play a negative expectation game, then he is training you to lose.