Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
You don't see the analogy, do you, RS?
An analogy is when you compare two things. Saying "A = B" is not an analogy. Saying "A is like B" is an analogy.

When you make a bet you intend to profit. That is buying something and hoping to win.
Yes, I intend to profit. But no, it's not like "buying something and hoping to win/profit", because I'm not buying something and holding it to cash out in the future. There is no "I need to flip this for a profit".

It's not all science. You also use skills including observation and experience and memory when you play, just as an art dealer uses skills that include understanding the tastes of customers so he can turn a profit.
Correct. But a football player uses skills when he plays his game, like running, balance, strength, etc. Should I say the basketball player is a football player because they both use the same skills? Use your head.

Why argue?

Are you saying that the AP skill set is so unique it can't be explained using economic principles?
No. I'm saying whatever bull-shit you're trying to apply to AP isn't true. I'm sure other economic principles can be applied to AP, but since I don't know much about economics, and you don't know much about AP, I suppose we won't be finding out anytime soon, will we? If you want, you can try to guess at another economic principle/theory. We'll let you know if you're getting hotter or colder.

If it's true that gambling AP is so unique write it up and get yourself a Nobel Prize for Economics.

Meanwhile I'll be content knowing that APs have not reinvented the wheel.
C'mon now, we don't need strawman arguments, that's just silly.