[e1g]

It takes no imagination or insight to see reasons why something wouldn’t work. It’s the default mental pathway for every risk-averse beast. Skepticism is not born out of contentment and abundance but out of self-preservation. It’s not correlated with feeling enough, but with feeling bitterness and envy of those who took risks and gained an advantage instead of suffering consequences.

[fancyfredbot]

People who are content feel less need to take risks by accepting dubious statements without proof. They have what they need so why risk it for more?

Sceptical people will be grounded by what we know to be true. They will explore new ideas but will not be swept up by them. We need people like that or we'll waste our time on flights of fancy. But we need the irrational optimists to explore new ideas too. It's a classic exploration vs exploitation trade-off.

[earnesti]

Many people who have risked their money by placing it on Bitcoin likely had enough, and they risked the extra money that they had lying around. Why not place bets on something you think might be probable? Is there something morally wrong in making some extra buck? Is it morally superior just to keep your money lying on bank account or what?

[aleph_minus_one]

> It takes no imagination or insight to see reasons why something wouldn’t work. It’s the default mental pathway for every risk-averse beast.

Quite the opposite: it takes a lot of strong will and risk to talk against a hype. A kind of risk-affinity that unluckily rarely makes you rich. :-(